RAF Snailwell
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RAF Snailwell USAAF Station 361 |
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Aerial photograph of Snailwell airfield, 26 July 1942
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Snailwell | ||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||
In use | 1941-1945 | ||||||||||||||||||
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RAF Snailwell is located in Cambridgeshire
RAF Snailwell
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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.[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]
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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jefford 1988, p. 65.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Jefford 1988, p. 66.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 77.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Jefford 1988, p. 81.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 85.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 96.
- ↑ Jefford 1988, p. 100.
Bibliography
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External links
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- Royal Air Force stations in Cambridgeshire
- Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom