RAF Snailwell

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Photograph of segment of taxiway remaining on the site of RAF Snailwell in December 2005, taken at grid reference TL 652 668 looking roughly North East
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Photograph of segment of taxiway remaining on the site of RAF Snailwell in December 2005, taken at grid reference TL 652 668 looking roughly North East

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.

[edit] 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)