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Aldergrove Dispersal by John Wynne Hopkins. The crew of Lynx (pilot, Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineer and Door Gunner) prepare for a mission. |
24 Air Mobile by John Wynne Hopkins. British infantry are airlifted during major patrols in Northern Ireland during the troubles. The troops are transported by Army Air Corps Lynx helicopters, with a Chinook dropping equipment in the distance. |
Teamwork by Stuart Brown. Aircraft of the UKs Special Forces flight perform an ALARP exercise on an MoD range at Pendine Sands, Wales. The Air Land Refuel Points (ALARP) can be located on improvised airfields or beaches and normally operate at night with the aid of Night Vision Goggles. The aircraft portrayed are a 47 Sqn Hercules refuelling a 7 Sqn Chinook and a 657 Sqn AAC Lynx. Special Forces personnel provide armed cover. |
4th Regiment Army Air Corps, Helicopter Landing Site in Iraq, Operation Dessert Storm, 26th February 1991 by David Rowlands. No text for this item |
Five of Nines by John Wynne Hopkins. 9th Regiment Army Air Corps, Northern Ireland. |
Op Grapple by John Wynne Hopkins. 2 Mk7 Lynx of 664/661 sqn. AAc, providing Top Cover for an UN PROFOR Convoy in Bosnia Herzegovina. |
Eagle Patrol by John Wynne Hopkins. Lynx Mk7 deplanes chalk, South Armagh. |
Lynx at Readiness - Bastion by Graeme Lothian. Army Air Corps Lynx Mk.9A helicopters sitting on the flight line at Camp Bastion, waiting to be tasked. |
Tribute to the crew of Lynx Helicopters of the Army Air Corps by Graeme Lothian. Two Lynx helicopters of the Army Air Corps providing cover for a lone RAF Merlin high over the Helmand river in Afghanistan. |
Lynx Helicopter - Camp Bastion by Graeme Lothian. A pilot washes down his Lynx helicopter in Camp Bastion. |
Operation Barras, 10th September 2000 by David Rowlands. Special Forces Lynx 657 Squadron Army Air Corps and Chinooks from 7 Squadron Royal Air Force in direct fire support to the United Kingdom Special Forces hostage rescue mission in Sierra Leone |
4 Regiment in the attack, Operation DESERT STORM, Iraq, 26th February 1991. by David Rowlands. The painting shows the three Lynx and three Gazelles from 4 Regiment ordered to assist the Queens Royal Irish Hussars attack objective PLATINUM. Observing the left flank are two Gazelles, XX 395 commanded by Sgt Thompson and flown by Cpl Tween, and XZ 372 commanded by SSgt Daly, flown by Lt Tilley; with Lynx XZ 215, commanded by Capt Avery US Army and his pilot Sgt Isherwood, in support. In the foreground are Lynx XZ 199 commanded by Capt Morley and flown by SSgt Seymour, engaging Iraqi armour, and Lynx XZ 221, commanded by Sgt Maddison and flown by Cpl Long, engaging enemy MTLBs. The aircraft destroyed four enemy tanks and six enemy personnel carriers without loss. The attack was commanded by Major Eustace, from Gazelle XZ 338 flown by Sgt Church, and was the first ever use by the British Army of Lynx TOW missiled in combat. |
| Lynx Pilot and aircrew signature details |
Lieutenant Commander Paul A J Collins Our estimated value of this signature : £10 | Lieutenant Commander Paul A J Collins Joined the Royal Navy in 1964 and as a midshipman served in HMS EAGLE in the Far East in 1966. He qualified as an observer at RNAS Lossiemouth in 1969 and joined 800 NAS flying in Buccaneer Mk 2 embarked in HMS EAGLE 1970-71. HMS EAGLE was deployed to the Mediterranean and to the Far East during this period. Immediately after returning to the UK he flew to New York to join 809 NAS embarked in HMS ARK ROYAL and served throughout 1972 embarked and at RAF Honington. After a further year at Honington he converted to ASW helicopters and served with 826 NAS embarked in HMS TIGER and HMS HERMES. On completion of the US Navy Staff Course in 1976 he joined 700 Lynx Intensive Flying Trials Unit for the introduction of the Lynx HAS 2 to operational service and subsequently became the flight commander of Phoebe Flight embarked in HMS PHOEBE. He was Operations Officer at RNAS Yeovilton 1979-81 and during this time flew in the Royal Naval Historic Flight for two display seasons in the Fairy Firefly and Swordfish. He was then the Operations Officer of HMS ILLUSTRIOUS during build and on commissioning 1982-1984. He was on the staff of Flag Officer 3rd Flotilla as Staff Plans Officer 1984-86 and embarked in HM Ships INVINCIBLE and ARK ROYAL [new] during this period. He left the RN in 1988 after 2 years on the staff of Commander British Forces Hong Kong. Paul then joined the Army as a Major in the RAPC serving in Germany with 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery and HQ 1st Armoured Division, RPO Exeter and HQ 49[East] Brigade in Nottingham. He retired in 2000 and now lives on Dartmoor. |
| Lynx Squadron details |
No.657 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 1st November 1955 Known Codes : , TS, | No.657 Sqn RAF Per terra sperque caelum - By land and sky |
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