crew, 15 passengers (including RAF Police and six of their dogs) and two civilians on the ground were killed. On 6 July 1965 another RAF Handley Page Hastings took off for a parachute drop but crashed at Little Baldon, killing all 41 people aboard. On 23 September 1988 a Lockheed S-3 Viking failed to stop on the runway, skidded across the grass and came to a stop on Barrow road to the south of the airfield, while ferrying from USS Theodore Roosevelt. No crew members were injured. On 23 September 1988 a McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2 crashed at the airfield while practising for the annual airshow, killing both crew (Flt Lt Chris Lackman & Flt Lt Jack Thompson). On 14 September 1989 a Panavia Tornado crashed near the airfield. On 14 June 2009 an RAF Grob Tutor and a civilian glider crashed near the airfield, killing an Air Training Corps cadet and an instructor. The glider pilot parachuted from his aircraft in time and was unharmed. References Citations Bibliography External links WW II Airfields of Oxfordshire Abingdon-on-Thames Defunct airports in England Abingdon Military installations closed in 1992 Airports established in 1932 Airports disestablished in 1992