Royal Air Force Snailwell or more simply RAF Snailwell is a former

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...

station located near to the village of

Snailwell Snailwell is a small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire, England around north of Newmarket. History The parish of Snailwell covers an area of in the extension of eastern Cambridgeshire that surrounds the town of Newmarket in Suff ...

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and North ...

, located north of Newmarket,

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

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History

* USAAF 347th Fighter Squadron

Operational Royal Air Force units and aircraft

No. 56 Squadron RAF Number 56 Squadron, nicknamed ''the Firebirds'' for their ability to always reappear intact regardless of the odds, is one of the oldest and most successful Squadron (aviation), squadrons of the Royal Air Force, with battle honours from many of ...

(1942) - Hawker Typhoon IA and IB. *

No. 137 Squadron RAF No. 137 Squadron RAF existed briefly as a day bomber unit in World War I but never became operational. During World War II it flew as one of the two Whirlwind squadrons before converting to Hurricane Mk.IV fighter-bombers and later the Hawker T ...

(1942) - Westland Whirlwind I. * No. 152 (Hyderabad) Squadron RAF (1941) - Supermarine Spitfire IIA. *

No. 168 Squadron RAF No. 168 Squadron RAF was a Second World War Royal Air Force squadron that operated the North American Mustang on missions over occupied Europe and in support of the D-Day landings. History The squadron was formed on 15 June 1942 at RAF Snailwel ...

(1942) - Curtiss Tomahawk II. *

No. 170 Squadron RAF No. 170 Squadron RAF was a Second World War Royal Air Force squadron that operated the North American Mustang in the fighter-reconnaissance role and later the Avro Lancaster as part of Bomber Command. History The squadron was formed at RAF We ...

(1943) - North American Mustang I. * No. 181 Squadron RAF (1943) - Hawker Typhoon IB. *

No. 182 Squadron RAF No. 182 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron formed as a fighter-bomber unit in World War II. History Formation in World War II The squadron formed on 25 August 1942 at RAF Martlesham Heath and was supplied with Hurricanes and Typhoon ...

(1943) - Hawker Typhoon IB. * No. 183 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF (1943) - Hawker Typhoon IB. *

No. 184 Squadron RAF No. 184 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron during the second world war. History No.184 Squadron was formed at RAF Colerne on 1 December 1942, as a fighter bomber unit equipped with the Hawker Hurricane. Initially, Mark IIDs with 40mm anti-ta ...

(1943) - Hawker Hurricane IV. * No. 247 (China-British) Squadron RAF (1943) - Hawker Typhoon IB. *

No. 268 Squadron RAF No. 268 Squadron RAF was a Second World War Royal Air Force squadron that operated the North American Mustang on missions over occupied Europe and in support of the D-Day landings. History First World War No.268 Squadron Royal Air Force was orig ...

(1941) - Curtiss Tomahawk IIA. *

(1942) - North American Mustang I. * No. 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (1943) - North American Mustang I. *

No. 527 Squadron RAF No. 527 Squadron RAF was a radar calibration unit of the Royal Air Force between 1943 and 1958. History Formation No. 527 Squadron was formed from various calibration flights at RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire on 15 June 1943 for radar calibra ...

(1944) - Hawker Hurricane IIB. * No. 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron RAuxAF (1943) - North American Mustang I. ;Units:

Current use

The site has now returned to agriculture and paddocks.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Snailwell Royal Air Force stations in Cambridgeshire Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom Newmarket, Suffolk