Education
Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Educated at Oundle School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Steele was commissioned into the Green Howards in 1916. He transferred into the Royal Flying Corps and became a flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. He transferred into the Royal Air Force after the First World War and was granted a permanent commission on 1 August 1919.
He was appointed Officer Commanding Number.
18 Squadron in 1936 and served in the Second World War, initially on the Air Staff at Headquarters Number. 3 Group, and then at the Rhodesian Air Training Group before being appointed Senior Air Staff Officer and then temporary Air Officer Commanding at Number.
9 Group. He went on to be Air Officer Commanding Number.
10 Group and then Air Officer Commanding Number. 85 Group. He was made Senior Air Staff Officer at the Headquarters of the British Air Forces of Occupation in Germany in July 1945.
He became Air Officer Commanding AHQ Malta in 1947 and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Royal Air Force Coastal Command in 1950 before retiring in 1952.