RFC All Hallows / RAF All Hallows

Military Demobilization. The airfield was a temporary World War I facility established for a specific wartime purpose. With the end of the war in November 1918, the threat of German air raids on Britain ceased. The airfield was therefore no longer required for its Home Defence role and was closed as part of the large-scale post-war military drawdown.

The site has been completely returned to agricultural use. There are no visible surface remains of the airfield, such as hangars, support buildings, or defined runways. The land where the airfield was located now consists of open arable fields. Its past as an aviation facility is not physically apparent on the ground today.

RFC All Hallows was established around 1916 as a Royal Flying Corps (RFC) Night Landing Ground (NLG). Following the creation of the Royal Air Force on April 1, 1918, it became RAF All Hallows. Its primary and critical role was as a Home Defence airfield during World War I. It was strategically located on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent to enable fighter aircraft to intercept German Gotha bombers and Zeppelin airships that were conducting night raids on London and the vital naval and industrial facilities in the Medway towns (such as Chatham Dockyard). The airfield was used by detachments from various Home Defence squadrons, most notably No. 39 Squadron and No. 78 Squadron. Aircraft operated from the grass strip included the Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 and B.E.12, which were later supplemented by the more capable Sopwith Camel. The airfield represents an important part of the UK's early air defence system, created to counter the world's first strategic bombing campaign.

None. The airfield has been defunct for over a century, and the land has been fully reclaimed for private agricultural purposes. There are no known plans, proposals, or any realistic prospects for its reopening as an aviation facility. It is considered a historical site only, with its location marked on aviation history maps and databases like the one that uses the unofficial ICAO identifier GB-0091.