RAF Snailwell

Royal Air Force Snailwell or more simply RAF Snailwell is a former Royal Air Force station located near to the village of Snailwell, Cambridgeshire, located north of Newmarket, Suffolk, England.

History

• USAAF 347th Fighter Squadron

Operational Royal Air Force units and aircraft

• No. 56 Squadron RAF (1942) – Hawker Typhoon IA and IB.
• No. 137 Squadron RAF (1942) – Westland Whirlwind I.
• No. 152 (Hyderabad) Squadron RAF (1941) – Supermarine Spitfire IIA.
• No. 168 Squadron RAF (1942) – Curtiss Tomahawk II.
• No. 170 Squadron RAF (1943) – North American Mustang I.
• No. 181 Squadron RAF (1943) – Hawker Typhoon IB.
• No. 182 Squadron RAF (1943) – Hawker Typhoon IB.
• No. 183 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF (1943) – Hawker Typhoon IB.
• No. 184 Squadron RAF (1943) – Hawker Hurricane IV.
• No. 247 (China-British) Squadron RAF (1943) – Hawker Typhoon IB.
• No. 268 Squadron RAF (1941) – Curtiss Tomahawk IIA.
• No. 268 Squadron RAF (1942) – North American Mustang I.
• No. 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (1943) – North American Mustang I.
• No. 527 Squadron RAF (1944) – Hawker Hurricane IIB.
• No. 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron RAuxAF (1943) – North American Mustang I.

Current use

The site has now returned to agriculture and paddocks.

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