Based at Leuchars Station in Fife, 612 Squadron provides clinical personnel from the medical, nursing and health professional fields to support the UK military. Specialists in Aeromedical Evacuation and Deployed Pre-Hospital Care. Personnel are recruited in Northern England and Scotland.
1938 Formed at RAF Dyce (Aberdeen) in the Coastal Patrol role.
1941-1943 Fought in the battle of the Atlantic operating from various bases including Iceland.
1946 Re-roled as part of Fighter Command flying Spitfires.
1951 Became the first RAuxAF unit to fly the Vampire jet fighter which it retained until its disbandment in 1957.
1999 Reformed as a RAuxAF Medical Reserve Unit.
2003 Deployed to Iraq as an Aeromedical Surgical Support Unit.
