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Steeple Morden

Major
Also known as: RAF Steeple Morden / Steeple Morden Aerodrome / USAAF Station 122
County: Cambridgeshire
Current Status: Farmland
Date: September 1940 - 1 September 1946
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF / USAAF
Landing Surface Types: Unpaved, later paved
Aircraft Roles: Fighter (main role) / Reconnaissance / Trainer (main role)

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):

  • Litlington Parish Council
  • St. Catherine's Church, Litlington
  • Steeple Morden Parish Council

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 3 (Coastal) OTU
  • 3rd Photographic Group

  • 4th FG

  • No 11 OTU
  • No 17 OTU
  • 334th FS
  • 335th FS
  • 336th FS
  • 354th FS
  • 355th FG
  • 357th FS
  • 358th FS
  • No 2732 Sqn RAF Regiment
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Crew Locker and Drying Room at Steeple Morden, 7 September 2008. © Richard Flagg

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Gas Clothing and Respirator Store at Steeple Morden, 7 September 2008. © Richard Flagg

003Taxiway at the north of the airfield. Looking south towards the airfield from adjacent to the memorial - 7 September 2008.png

Taxiway at the north of the airfield, looking south towards the airfield from adjacent to the memorial, 7 September 2008. © Richard Flagg

Footage of Steeple Morden, 1945. Courtesy of footagefarm

Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Bassingbourn / Upwood

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