RAF Snailwell



RAF Snailwell is a former Royal Air Force station located near to the village of Snailwell, Cambridgeshire, located 3 mi north of Newmarket, Suffolk, England.

History

 * Army Cooperation Command
 * US 41st Base Complement Squadron
 * 51st Service Squadron
 * 9th USAAF 350th and 347th Fighter Group (P39 Airacobras)
 * RAF (Belgian) Initial Training School
 * 1426 Enemy Aircraft Flight (captured Luftwaffe aircraft)

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 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 Squadron RAF (1943) - Hawker Typhoon IB.
 * No. 184 Squadron RAF (1943) - Hawker Hurricane IV.
 * No. 247 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 Squadron RAF (1943) - North American Mustang I.
 * No. 527 Squadron RAF (1944) - Hawker Hurricane IIB.
 * No. 613 Squadron RAF (1943) - North American Mustang I.

Current use
The site has now returned to agriculture and paddocks.