No. 673 Squadron AAC

No. 673 Squadron AAC is a squadron of the British Army's Army Air Corps. It was formerly No. 674 Squadron RAF, a glider squadron of the Royal Air Force, active during the Second World War within British India.

No. 673 Squadron AAC
No. 673 Squadron RAF
Active1 January 1945 – 25 October 1945 (RAF)
April 1996 - December 2020
June 2022 - present
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
Size35 permanent staff, 12 Students
Part of7 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps, AAC Middle Wallop
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment		The Prince of Wales
Insignia
Identification
symbol
Aircraft flown
Attack helicopterBoeing AH64E Apache

History

No. 673 Squadron was formed at Bikram, Patna in (then) British India on 1 January 1945[1] as a glider squadron, with the intention of being used for airborne operations by South East Asia Command. It continued to train, as part of No. 344 Wing RAF, until the surrender of Japan, when it became surplus to requirements; the squadron was disbanded on 25 October 1945 at Kargi Road.[1]

Army Air Corps

No. 673 Squadron AAC was formed at AAC Middle Wallop, on 1 April 2009 the squadron joined 7 Regiment AAC (Flying).[2] It was disbanded on 11 December 2020, and was reformed on 8 June 2022 with the arrival of 2 new AH-64E Apache Guardians arrived.[3]

Aircraft operated
Aircraft operated by No. 673 Squadron RAF[1] and 673 Squadron Army Air Corps
FromToAircraftVariant
January 1945September 1945Waco Hadrian
January 1945September 1945de Havilland Tiger MothMk.II
April 19962024AgustaWestland ApacheAH1
2024presentBoeing AH-64 ApacheAH64E

Squadron bases
Bases and airfields used by No. 673 Squadron RAF[1][4]
FromToBase
27 January 194519 February 1945Bikram, Bihar, British India
19 February 194510 April 1945Belgaum, Karnataka, British India
10 April 194526 August 1945Bikram, Bihar, British India
26 August 194516 September 1945Tilda, Chhattisgarh, British India
16 September 194525 October 1945Kargi Road, Chhattisgarh, British India

References

Citations
  1. Halley 1988, p. 452.
  2. "673 (AH Training) Squadron AAC". British Army units from 1945 on. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  3. "673sq is back!". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  4. Jefford 2001, pp. 266–271.

Bibliography
  • Halley, James J. (1988). The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
  • Jefford, C.G. (2001). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912 (2nd ed.). Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
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