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 3 mi north of Newmarket, Suffolk, England.

History

 * USAAF 347th Fighter Squadron

Operational Royal Air Force units and aircraft
• No. 2 Heavy Glider Maintenance Unit
 * 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) – 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) – Hawker Hurricane IIB.
 * No. 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron RAuxAF (1943) – North American Mustang I.
 * Units:

• No. 3 Group Communication Flight RAF

• No. 5 (RCAF) Casualty Air Evacuation Unit

• No. 22 Elementary Flying Training School RAF

• No. 417 Repair & Salvage Unit

• No. 2720 Squadron RAF Regiment

• No. 2751 Squadron RAF Regiment

• No. 2759 Squadron RAF Regiment

• No. 2794 Squadron RAF Regiment

• No. 2809 Squadron RAF Regiment

• No. 2876 Squadron RAF Regiment

• No. 3207 Servicing Commando

• RAF (Belgian) Training School RAF

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