RAF Snailwell

52°16′28″N 000°25′11″E / 52.27444°N 0.41972°E / 52.27444; 0.41972TypeRoyal Air Force stationCodeSWSite informationOwnerAir MinistryOperatorRoyal Air Force
United States Army Air ForcesControlled byRAF Army Cooperation Command
1941-43
RAF Fighter Command
1943-44
RAF Technical Training Command 1944-Site historyBuilt1940 (1940)/41In useMarch 1941 – 1946 (1946)Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War IIAirfield informationElevation21 metres (69 ft)^[1] AMSL

Runways
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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 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Newmarket, Suffolk, England.

History

USAAF 347th Fighter Squadron^[2]

Operational Royal Air Force units and aircraft

No. 56 Squadron RAF (1942) – Hawker Typhoon IA and IB.^[3]
No. 137 Squadron RAF (1942) – Westland Whirlwind I.^[4]
No. 152 (Hyderabad) Squadron RAF (1941) – Supermarine Spitfire IIA.^[5]
No. 168 Squadron RAF (1942) – Curtiss Tomahawk II.^[6]
No. 170 Squadron RAF (1943) – North American Mustang I.^[7]
No. 181 Squadron RAF (1943) – Hawker Typhoon IB.^[7]
No. 182 Squadron RAF (1943) – Hawker Typhoon IB.^[8]
No. 183 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF (1943) – Hawker Typhoon IB.^[8]
No. 184 Squadron RAF (1943) – Hawker Hurricane IV.^[8]
No. 247 (China-British) Squadron RAF (1943) – Hawker Typhoon IB.^[9]
No. 268 Squadron RAF (1941) – Curtiss Tomahawk IIA.^[10]
No. 268 Squadron RAF (1942) – North American Mustang I.^[10]
No. 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (1943) – North American Mustang I.^[11]
No. 527 Squadron RAF (1944) – Hawker Hurricane IIB.^[12]
No. 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron RAuxAF (1943) – North American Mustang I.^[13]

Units

No. 2 Heavy Glider Maintenance Unit^[2]
No. 3 Group Communication Flight RAF^[2]
No. 5 (RCAF) Casualty Air Evacuation Unit^[2]
No. 22 Elementary Flying Training School RAF^[2]
No. 417 Repair & Salvage Unit^[2]
No. 2720 Squadron RAF Regiment^[2]
No. 2751 Squadron RAF Regiment^[2]
No. 2759 Squadron RAF Regiment^[2]
No. 2794 Squadron RAF Regiment^[2]
No. 2809 Squadron RAF Regiment^[2]
No. 2876 Squadron RAF Regiment^[2]
No. 3207 Servicing Commando^[2]
RAF (Belgian) Training School RAF^[2]

Current use

The site has now returned to agriculture and paddocks.

References

Citations

^ Falconer 1998, p. 79.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Snailwell". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ 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.

Bibliography

Falconer, J (1998). RAF Fighter Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2175-9.
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.

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