RAF Gravesend was a Fighter Airfield during the Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain is the name given to the World War II air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940...

, and was home to the following Squadrons during the Battle:

• No. 610 Squadron RAF
  No. 610 Squadron RAF
  No. 610 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was as a Squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force, its pilots were initially part timers who would spend their weekends and spare time flying and practicing combat maneuvers. The squadron was named the "County of Chester" and adopted the motto "Alifero tollitur...
  
   from 26 May 1940
• No. 604 Squadron RAF
  No. 604 Squadron RAF
  No. 604 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force notable for its pioneering role the development of radar-controlled night-fighter operations. The squadron was established in March 1930 at RAF Hendon as a day-bombing squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. In July 1934, the squadron...
  
   from 3 July 1940
• No. 501 Squadron RAF
  No. 501 Squadron RAF
  No 501 Squadron was the fourteenth of the twenty-one flying units in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, the volunteer reserve part of the British Royal Air Force. The squadron won seven battle honours, flying Hurricane, Spitfire and Tempest fighter aircraft during World War II, and was one of the most...
  
   from 25 July 1940
• No. 66 Squadron RAF
  No. 66 Squadron RAF
  No. 66 Squadron was a Royal Flying Corps and eventually Royal Air Force aircraft squadron.-In World War I:It was first formed at Filton on 30 June 1916 as a Training Squadron equipped with BE2c,d & e, BE12 and Avroe 504A machines. The squadron received its first Sopwith Pup on 3 February 1917,...
  
   from 11 September 1940

It had opened in 1932 as an airport, located to the east of the town of Gravesend, Kent

Gravesend, Kent

Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. It is the administrative town of the Borough of Gravesham and, because of its geographical position, has always had an important role to play in the history and communications of this part of...

. After World War II ended, it returned to civilian use, as Gravesend Airport

Gravesend Airport

Gravesend Airport, located to the east of the town of Gravesend, Kent, England operated from 1932 until 1956. It was initially a civil airfield, and became a Royal Air Force station shortly after opening.-Civil operation:...

. In 1956 the site was taken over by the town council; the large estate known as "Riverview Park" was built on its site.