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RAF Steeple Morden
USAAF Station 122
Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, England
Steeple Morden Airfield - 13 April 1947
RAF Steeple Morden is located in Cambridgeshire
RAF Steeple Morden
Coordinates52°04′N 0°06′W / 52.06°N 0.10°W / 52.06; -0.10
TypeRoyal Air Force station
CodeKR
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
Controlled byRAF Steeple Morden Royal Air Force
 United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built1940 (1940)
Built byJohn Laing & Son Ltd.
In use1940-1946 (1946)
Battles/warsEuropean Theatre of World War II
Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 - May 1945
Garrison information
GarrisonRAF Bomber Command
Eighth Air Force
RAF Fighter Command
Occupants3d Reconnaissance Group
355th Fighter Group
4th Fighter Group
Lockheed F-4-1-LO Lightning Serial 41-2135 of the 3d Photo Recon Group. This aircraft crashed on 23 October 1942.

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