RAF Steeple Morden

RAF Steeple Morden USAAF Station 122
Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, England
Steeple Morden Airfield - 13 April 1947
Coordinates	52°04′N 0°06′W / 52.06°N 0.10°W / 52.06; -0.10
Type	Royal Air Force station
Code	KR
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Controlled by	Royal Air Force  United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built	1940 (1940)
Built by	John Laing & Son Ltd.
In use	1940-1946 (1946)
Battles/wars	European Theatre of World War II Air Offensive, Europe July 1942 - May 1945
Garrison information
Garrison	RAF Bomber Command Eighth Air Force RAF Fighter Command
Occupants	3d Reconnaissance Group 355th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group

Royal Air Force Steeple Morden or more simply RAF Steeple Morden is a former Royal Air Force station located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Royston, Hertfordshire, England.

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

During this time No. 3 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (OTU) also used the airfield.

When the airfield was turned over for American use, Steeple Morden was assigned USAAF designation Station 122. Hard-surface runways were laid down, along with concrete hardstands and a permanent T-2 hangar.

Although not planned for use until 1943 Steeple Morden was first used by the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force 3d Photographic Reconnaissance Group, arriving from RAF Membury on 16 October 1942. The 3d consisted of the 5th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 23d squadrons and only stayed at the airfield until 10 December, departing for La Senia Algeria as part of Operation Torch.

During the stay of the 3d PRG, Lieutenant-Colonel Elliott Roosevelt, son of Franklin D. Roosevelt served as commander and also flew an F-4 "Lightning".

Between January 1943 and May 1943 the airfield was used by No. 17 OTU which used Bristol Blenheims.