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Steeple Morden X3SM (A)

1945-05-09 · United Kingdom

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Alt Name: --. Opened: 1940. Status in 1944: 8th AF. 355th Fighter Group. Current use: Agriculture. Remarks: No runways left. Small amount of taxiway extant, complete with impressive memorial to the USAF days (brick affair with P-51 prop). Also some ancilliary buildings still extant off airfield complete with tracks to them.

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