RAF Snailwell USAAF Station 361 ){kind=small} ) | |||||||||||||||||||
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) Aerial photograph of Snailwell airfield, 26 July 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||||||||||
| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Snailwell | ||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||
| In use | 1941-1945 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°16′28″N 000°25′11″E / 52.27444°N 0.41972°E | ||||||||||||||||||
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)  RAF Snailwell Location in Cambridgeshire | |||||||||||||||||||
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Photograph of segment of taxiway remaining on the site of RAF Snailwell in December 2005, taken at grid reference TL 652 668 looking roughly North East
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.
History
- Army Cooperation Command
- US 41st Base Complement Squadron
- 51st Service Squadron
- 9th USAAF 350th and 347th Fighter Group (P39 Airacobras)
- 1426 Enemy Aircraft Flight (captured Luftwaffe aircraft)
Operational Royal Air Force units and aircraft
- No. 56 Squadron RAF (1942) - Hawker Typhoon IA and IB.[1]
- No. 137 Squadron RAF (1942) - Westland Whirlwind I.[2]
- No. 152 Squadron RAF (1941) - Supermarine Spitfire IIA.[3]
- No. 168 Squadron RAF (1942) - Curtiss Tomahawk II.[4]
- No. 170 Squadron RAF (1943) - North American Mustang I.[5]
- No. 181 Squadron RAF (1943) - Hawker Typhoon IB.[5]
- No. 182 Squadron RAF (1943) - Hawker Typhoon IB.[6]
- No. 183 Squadron RAF (1943) - Hawker Typhoon IB.[6]
- No. 184 Squadron RAF (1943) - Hawker Hurricane IV.[6]
- No. 247 Squadron RAF (1943) - Hawker Typhoon IB.[7]
- No. 268 Squadron RAF (1941) - Curtiss Tomahawk IIA.[8]
- No. 268 Squadron RAF (1942) - North American Mustang I.[8]
- No. 309 Squadron RAF (1943) - North American Mustang I.[9]
- No. 527 Squadron RAF (1944) - Hawker Hurricane IIB.[10]
- No. 613 Squadron RAF (1943) - North American Mustang I.[11]
- No. 2 Heavy Glider Maintenance Unit[12]
- No. 3 Group Communication Flight RAF[12]
- No. 5 (RCAF) Casualty Air Evacuation Unit[12]
- No. 22 Elementary Flying Training School RAF[12]
- No. 417 Repair & Salvage Unit[12]
- No. 2720 Squadron RAF Regiment[12]
- No. 2751 Squadron RAF Regiment[12]
- No. 2759 Squadron RAF Regiment[12]
- No. 2794 Squadron RAF Regiment[12]
- No. 2809 Squadron RAF Regiment[12]
- No. 2876 Squadron RAF Regiment[12]
- RAF (Belgian) Training School RAF[12]
Current use
The site has now returned to agriculture and paddocks.
References
Citations
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 43.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 60.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 62.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 64.
- ^ a b Jefford 1988, p. 65.
- ^ a b c Jefford 1988, p. 66.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 77.
- ^ a b Jefford 1988, p. 81.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 85.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 96.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 100.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Snailwell". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
Bibliography
- Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.