Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Gravesham
- Town
- Gravesend
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41019
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Current location
Cascades Leisure Centre
Thong Lane
Gravesend
Gravesham
Kent
DA12 4LG
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 67080 71730
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular wooden board fixed to the wall with a rectangular metal plaque with a depiction of the RAF badge to the left hand side. The right hand side gives details of the former Gravesend Airport and a list of the dead pilots who fought in 1940.
- Inscription
- THIS LEISURE FACILITY AND GROUNDS ARE PART OF THE EXTENSIONS TO THE FORMER GRAVESEND AIRPORT./ THIS PLAQUE REMEMBERS WITH HONOUR THE PILOTS FROM THE ROYAL AIR FORCE WHO, WHILST STATIONED HERE. GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN FOUGHT BETWEEN 10TH JULY AND 31ST OCTOBER 1940./ 501 HURRICANE SQUADRON/ (NAMES)/ 66(F) SPITFIRE SQUADRON/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment,place of death,forename
Order of information: regiment
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- RAF Gravesend
- WMO ID: 83555
- Condition: Good [last updated on 23-04-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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