RAF Snailwell

RAF Snailwell
USAAF Station 361

Aerial photograph of Snailwell airfield, 26 July 1942
IATA: noneICAO: none
Summary
Airport type Military
Owner Air Ministry
Operator Royal Air Force
Location Snailwell
Built 1940
In use 1941-1945
Coordinates 52°16′28″N 000°25′11″E / 52.27444°N 0.41972°E / 52.27444; 0.41972
Map
RAF Snailwell

Location in Cambridgeshire

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
00/00 0 0 Concrete
00/00 0 0 Concrete
00/00 0 0 Concrete
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 is a former Royal Air Force station located near to the village of Snailwell, Cambridgeshire, located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Newmarket, Suffolk, England.

History

Operational Royal Air Force units and aircraft

Current use

The site has now returned to agriculture and paddocks.

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