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RAF Snailwell
RAF
Snailwell
is a former
Royal Air Force station
located near to
the village
of Snailwell,
Cambridgeshire
, located north of
Newmarket, Suffolk
,
England
.
History
Army Cooperation Command
US 41st Base Complement Squadron
51st
Service Squadron
9th USAAF 350th and
347th Fighter Group
1426 Enemy Aircraft Flight
Operational
Royal Air Force
units and aircraft
No.
56 Squadron
RAF -
Hawker Typhoon IA and IB
.
No. 137 Squadron RAF -
Westland Whirlwind I
.
No. 152 Squadron RAF -
Supermarine Spitfire IIA
.
No. 168 Squadron RAF -
Curtiss Tomahawk II
.
No. 170 Squadron RAF -
North American Mustang I
.
No. 181 Squadron RAF -
Hawker Typhoon IB
.
No. 182 Squadron RAF -
Hawker Typhoon
IB.
No. 183 Squadron RAF - Hawker Typhoon IB.
No. 184 Squadron RAF -
Hawker Hurricane IV
.
No. 247 Squadron RAF - Hawker Typhoon IB.
No. 268 Squadron RAF -
Curtiss Tomahawk IIA
.
No. 268 Squadron RAF -
North American Mustang
I.
No. 309 Squadron RAF -
North American
Mustang I.
No. 527 Squadron RAF -
Hawker Hurricane IIB
.
No. 613 Squadron RAF - North American Mustang I.
No. 2 Heavy Glider
Maintenance Unit
No. 3
Group Communication
Flight RAF
No. 5 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
RAF
Training School
RAF
Current use
The site has now returned to agriculture and paddocks.
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