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Royal Air Force Snailwell or more simply RAF Snailwell is a former
Royal Air Force Snailwell or more simply RAF Snailwell is a former Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of t ...
station
Station may refer to:
Agriculture
* Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production
* Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle
** Cattle statio ...
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 Suffo ...
, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfor ...
, located north of Newmarket, Suffolk
Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...
, England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
.
History
* USAAF 347th Fighter SquadronOperational Royal Air Force units and aircraft
*No. 56 Squadron RAF
Number 56 Squadron, also known as No. 56 Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES), nicknamed ''the Firebirds'' for their ability to always reappear intact regardless of the odds, is one of the oldest and most successful squadrons of the Royal Air For ...
(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 Westland Whirlwind (fighter), Whirlwind squadrons before converting to Hawker Hurricane, Hurrica ...
(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 Snailwe ...
(1942) – Curtiss Tomahawk II.
* No. 170 Squadron RAF (1943) – North American Mustang I
Over twenty variants of the North American P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after World War II, some of which were employed also in the Korean War and in several other conflicts.
Allison-engined Mustangs
NA- ...
.
* 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
No. 268 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron raised during the First World War and in the Second World War operated the North American P-51 Mustang on tactical reconnaissance missions over occupied Europe and in support of the D-Day land ...
(1941) – Curtiss Tomahawk IIA.
* No. 268 Squadron RAF
No. 268 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron raised during the First World War and in the Second World War operated the North American P-51 Mustang on tactical reconnaissance missions over occupied Europe and in support of the D-Day land ...
(1942) – North American Mustang I
Over twenty variants of the North American P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after World War II, some of which were employed also in the Korean War and in several other conflicts.
Allison-engined Mustangs
NA- ...
.
* No. 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron
No. 309 "Land of Czerwień" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron () was a Polish squadron formed in Great Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom in 1940. It was one of 15 squadrons of th ...
(1943) – North American Mustang I
Over twenty variants of the North American P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after World War II, some of which were employed also in the Korean War and in several other conflicts.
Allison-engined Mustangs
NA- ...
.
* No. 527 Squadron RAF (1944) – Hawker Hurricane IIB.
* No. 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron RAuxAF (1943) – North American Mustang I
Over twenty variants of the North American P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after World War II, some of which were employed also in the Korean War and in several other conflicts.
Allison-engined Mustangs
NA- ...
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Current use
The site has now returned to agriculture and paddocks.References
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Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfor ...