[3] Its motto was: Latin Designo oculis ad caedem ("With my eyes i designate for slaughter"), and its identification symbol was: A grenade enfiled by a compass ring.

[4] It used the following identification symbols: OE (Aug 1944 – Oct 1945)[5][6] ROA (Feb 1949 – Apr 1951)[7][8] After the war the Air Observation Squadrons were reformed and No.

661 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force was as such formed at RAF Kenley on 1 May 1949, consisting of five flights -nos.

1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1961 (Reserve) AOP Flights-,[9] to provide support to the Army in the south London and Surrey area until it was disbanded on 10 March 1957 at RAF Henlow.

Now restored to original authentic RAF WWII D Day factory config including camouflage between 2006-2012 by Erich and Matthias Lemmerer; Aircraft based in Austria; The squadron was reformed from the original RAF squadron on 1 November 1978 while in Germany.