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 — Bell P-39 Airacobra

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) – Westland Lysander, 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) – Bristol Blenheim IV, Hawker Hurricane IIB. No. 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron RAuxAF (1943) – North American Mustang I. Units

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

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