diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Airtable/Airtable.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Airtable/Airtable.node.ts
index acdee495e..42a5c2900 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Airtable/Airtable.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Airtable/Airtable.node.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export class Airtable implements INodeType {
 					},
 				},
 				default: true,
-				description: 'If all fields should be send to Airtable or only specific ones.',
+				description: 'If all fields should be sent to Airtable or only specific ones.',
 			},
 			{
 				displayName: 'Fields',
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export class Airtable implements INodeType {
 				default: [],
 				placeholder: 'Name',
 				required: true,
-				description: 'The name of fields of which the data should be send to Airtable.',
+				description: 'The name of fields for which data should be sent to Airtable.',
 			},
 
 			// ----------------------------------
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export class Airtable implements INodeType {
 					maxValue: 100,
 				},
 				default: 100,
-				description: 'How many results to return.',
+				description: 'Number of results to return.',
 			},
 
 			{
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ export class Airtable implements INodeType {
 					},
 				},
 				default: true,
-				description: 'If all fields should be send to Airtable or only specific ones.',
+				description: 'If all fields should be sent to Airtable or only specific ones.',
 			},
 			{
 				displayName: 'Fields',
@@ -354,8 +354,29 @@ export class Airtable implements INodeType {
 				default: [],
 				placeholder: 'Name',
 				required: true,
-				description: 'The name of fields of which the data should be send to Airtable.',
+				description: 'The name of fields for which data should be sent to Airtable.',
 			},
+
+			// ----------------------------------
+			//         append + update
+			// ----------------------------------
+			
+			{
+				displayName: 'Typecast',
+				name: 'typecast',
+				type: 'boolean',
+				displayOptions: {
+					show: {
+						operation: [
+							'append',
+							'update',
+						],
+					},
+				},
+				default: false,
+				description: 'If the Airtable API should attempt mapping of string values for linked records & select options.',
+			},
+
 		],
 	};
 
@@ -386,6 +407,7 @@ export class Airtable implements INodeType {
 
 			let addAllFields: boolean;
 			let fields: string[];
+			let typecast: boolean;
 			for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
 				addAllFields = this.getNodeParameter('addAllFields', i) as boolean;
 
@@ -403,6 +425,11 @@ export class Airtable implements INodeType {
 						body.fields[fieldName] = items[i].json[fieldName];
 					}
 				}
+				
+				typecast = this.getNodeParameter('typecast', i) as boolean;
+				if (typecast === true) {
+					body['typecast'] = true;
+				}
 
 				responseData = await apiRequest.call(this, requestMethod, endpoint, body, qs);
 
@@ -494,6 +521,7 @@ export class Airtable implements INodeType {
 			let id: string;
 			let updateAllFields: boolean;
 			let fields: string[];
+			let typecast: boolean;
 			for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
 				updateAllFields = this.getNodeParameter('updateAllFields', i) as boolean;
 
@@ -512,6 +540,11 @@ export class Airtable implements INodeType {
 					}
 				}
 
+				typecast = this.getNodeParameter('typecast', i) as boolean;
+				if (typecast === true) {
+					body['typecast'] = true;
+				}
+
 				id = this.getNodeParameter('id', i) as string;
 
 				endpoint = `${application}/${table}/${id}`;