RAF Glatton was constructed to Class "A" standards to support heavy bombers in 1943, as it was to be used by the US Army Air Forces.

The recognisable tail code of the 457th was the "triangle U" painted on the vertical stabilizers of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses which operated from the air base.

The 457th Bomb Group operated from RAF Glatton from January 1944 until 20 April 1945, when it completed its 237th and last combat mission at the conclusion of the war.

Then in 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, Conington became part of the county of Cambridgeshire, with Huntingdonshire District Council as its second tier.

[9] In 2011, the parish covered an area of 3,173 acres (1,284 hectares),[9] so that the population density for Conington in 2011 was 42.2 per square mile (16.3 per km2).

The nearby level crossings and sidings have suffered several railway accidents, notably the Connington South rail crash of 1967, which caused five deaths.

[10] A former Mayor of Peterborough, Arthur Mellows, was killed at Connington North level crossing, when his car was hit by a train on 16 October 1948.