RAF Snailwell

RAF Snailwell, Cambridgeshire, located 3 miles North of Newmarket, Suffolk. Also known as Station 361 of the USAAF. The site has now returned to agriculture and paddocks.

Units

* Royal Air Force 268 Squadron
* Army Cooperation Command
* US 41st Base Complement Squadron
* 51st Service Squadron
* 9th USAAF 350th and 347th Fighter Group (P39 Airacobras)
* RAF 137 and 56 Squadrons
* 309 (Polish) Squadron
* RAF (Belgian) Initial Training School
* 1426 Enemy Aircraft Flight (captured Luftwaffe aircraft)

Operational Royal Air Force units and aircraft

* No. 56 Squadron RAF (1942) - Hawker Typhoon IA and IB
* No. 137 Squadron RAF (1942) - Westland Whirlwind I
* No. 152 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 Squadron RAF (1943) - Hawker Typhoon IB
* No. 184 Squadron RAF (1943) - Hawker Hurricane IV
* No. 247 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 Squadron RAF (1943) - North American Mustang I
* No. 527 Squadron RAF (1944) - Hawker Hurricane IIB
* No. 613 Squadron RAF (1943) - North American Mustang I