Between 1940 and September 1942, Steeple Morden was a grass satellite dispersal airfield [1] used by No. 11 Operational Training Unit of RAF Bomber Command flying Vickers Wellingtons from RAF Bassingbourn.

Steeple Morden airfield was set up as a satellite airfield for RAF Bassingbourn – which is approximately three miles away. This latter airfield was very much built along pre-war lines, with hangars and substantial brick buildings for accommodation and technical services.

Originally used from 1940 as a small, grass airfield, satellite for nearby RAF Bassingbourn, Steeple Morden was allocated to the Eighth Air Force in August 1942 as a potential bomber base.

The airfield at Steeple Morden was just one of the many airfields built across East Anglia during the Second World War. The first to occupy were the RAF units, 11 O.T.U. and later 17 O.T.U....

2018年3月9日 · Where the 353rd Fighter Group had pioneered ground strafing techniques, it was the 355th Fighter Group who destroyed more enemy aircraft by ground strafing than any other Eighth Air Force Group. Based at Steeple Morden from July 1943 to July 1945, the Group flew Thunderbolts and Mustangs as escorts for bombers and in area patrols and fighter ...

The 355th Fighter Group is honoured with an ornate propeller memorial and diorama of the airfield during the Second World War. The memorial (pictured below) is sited next to Steeple Morden on the Litlington Road.

2024年9月29日 · The airfield at Steeple Morden was used as a satellite for nearby RAF Bassingbourn, approximately three miles away. It began its life as a grass airfield between 1940 and 1942, used by the...

2015年11月1日 · In September 1942, Steeple Morden was handed over to the US Eighth Airforce, and 11 OTU would move on to their new base at RAF Westcott in Buckinghamshire, to carry on training activity there. Earmarked for a new bomber station, it was given the designation Station 122, and would undergo a huge structural transformation.

The 355th Fighter Group was based at Steeple Morden airfield in Cambridgeshire, England, from July 1943 to July 1945. The first commander of the 355th was Lt Col William J Cummings. The 355th Group Headquarters and the 354th, 357th and 358th Fighter Squadrons, respectively named the Bulldogs, Dragons and Angels, were under his command.

STEEPLE MORDEN: Military aerodrome. Military user: 8th USAAF 65th Fighter Wing 355th Fighter Group. 354, 357 & 358 Sqdns (North American P.51 Mustangs) Location: SE of Steeple Morden & SW of Litlington villages, 3nm W of Royston. Period of operation: 1940 to 1946.