655 Squadron 655 Squadron traces its lineage to
No. 655 Squadron RAF formed on 30 November 1942 at
Old Sarum Airfield,
Wiltshire. The squadron's role was to provide targeting and direction information to the artillery on the ground. A large number of the pilots were Army gunnery officers from the
80th (The Scottish Horse) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. The squadron was employed by 4 Division Aviation Headquarters from 1964 to 1969. In March 2007, the squadron was disbanded as
Operation Banner was drawing to a close and due to a need to reduce the Lynx fleet set to be retired in 2012. On 1 April 2009, the squadron was reformed as a
Territorial Army unit 655 (The Scottish Horse) Squadron (Volunteers) as part of
6 Regiment Army Air Corps (Volunteers) based at the Army Aviation Centre,
AAC Middle Wallop. The squadron's role was to provide
groundcrew individual reinforcements to army aviation units for exercises and operational deployment. D Company had been reassigned in 2005 from C (Duke of Connaught's) Company of the
Royal Rifle Volunteers. C (Duke of Connaught's) Company had been reassigned in 1999 from C (DCO) Company of 6th/7th Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Regiment. C (DCO) Company had been reassigned in 1992 from A (DCO) Company of 2nd Battalion,
Wessex Regiment. A (DCO) Company had been reassigned in 1971 from B Company of
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Territorials. D Company had historical linkage to the
3rd Hampshire Volunteer Battalion formed in 1860 and which in 1908 became the 6th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment. ==Present day==