RAF Abingdon ,nr Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Interior view of completed aircraft hanger showing the construction of an aeroplane. A military airfield was opened here in 1932.It was used in World War Two and was a Royal Air Force base until 1992. In 1935 practise bombing was authorized at Abingon Airfield, one of only 12 sites where this was allowed at that time. Its maximum wartime crew complement was 1750 persons of the Royal Air Force and 532 of the Womens Auxiliary Airforce. The photograph comes from the John Laing Company Archive.
