Claim: In 1927, the Experimental Aircraft Flight was a research facility for British military aviation of the Central Flying University was transferred from Upavon, Wiltshire to a site on the heathland at Martlesham, Suffolk and the unit was renamed the Aeroplane Experimental Unit, Royal Flying Corps.
Evidence: In 1917, the Experimental Aircraft Flight of the Central Flying School was transferred from Upavon, Wiltshire to a site on the heathland at Martlesham, Suffolk, and on 16 January 1917 Martlesham Heath Airfield was officially opened, as an experimental airfield.