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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SE 221 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Gravesend airport (site) |
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Summary
Est 1932, airport, WW2 airfield and Percival aircraft factory
| Grid Reference: | TQ 668 715 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SE |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Site of Gravesend Airport (aka London East Airport), founded in 1932 the site also included production facilities where Edgar Percival manufactured some 22 aircraft. The site was taken over by the RAF during WW2 and used as a fighter station. Closed after the war the site is now largely covered by Riverview Park housing estate. Location of airport componants uncertain, NGR given approx centre. (1)
<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, P Conolly, R Monday & R Neudegg 1995? Gravesend Airport in Photographs (pub Frank Turner, Gravesend) (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. P Conolly, R Monday & R Neudegg 1995? Gravesend Airport in Photographs (pub Frank Turner, Gravesend). |
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