No. 1 Wing AAC explained

Unit Name:	1 Wing Army Air Corps
Dates:	1958-1989
Country:	United Kingdom
Size:	Wing
Command Structure:	Army Air Corps
Garrison Label:	Base

No. 1 Wing AAC is a former Wing of the British Army's Army Air Corps which was based in West Germany in support of the British Army of the Rhine.

Structure

1958-1961 | Detmold

• 652 Squadron at Detmold(1+9).
• 654 Squadron at Hildesheim (4+5).
• 12 Flight (BAOR HQ Flight) at Wildenrath.

1961-1964 | Detmold

• 652 Squadron at Detmold (1&9).
• 654 Squadron at Hildesheim (4+5).
• 655 Squadron at Detmold (23+24).
• 12 Flight (BAOR HQ Flight) at Wildenrath.

1964-1970 | Detmold

• 12 Flight (BAOR HQ Flight) at Wildenrath.
• 18 Flight (HQ 1 Corps Flight) at Detmold.

1971-1976 | Detmold

• 669 Squadron at Wildenrath.
• 9 Regiment | Detmold
  • 655 Squadron at Detmold.
  • 669 Squadron at Detmold.

1989

• 1 Regiment | Tofrek Barracks (Tofrek East) (Hildesheim) - Formerly at Detmold.
  • 651 Squadron
  • 652 Squadron
• 3 Regiment | Salamanca Barracks (Soest)
  • 653 Squadron
  • 662 Squadron
  • 663 Squadron
• 4 Regiment | Hobart Barracks (Detmold)
  • 654 Squadron
  • 659 Squadron

See also

• List of Army Air Corps aircraft units

References

Bibliography

• Book: Marshall . C . The World's Great Military Helicopters . 1990 . Gallery Books . . 0-8317-9679-0 .
• Book: Watson . G. Rinaldi . R . The British Army in Germany: An Organizational History 1947-2004 . 2005 . Tiger Lily Publications . 0-9720296-9-9. .