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Airport type
  
Military

Location
  
Snailwell

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Year built
  
1940

Operator
  
Royal Air Force

In use
  
1941-1945

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Owner
  
Air Ministry

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RAF Snailwell is a former Royal Air Force station located near to the village of Snailwell, Cambridgeshire, located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Newmarket, Suffolk, England.

Contents

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.

    References

    RAF Snailwell Wikipedia
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