New Memorial to RAF and A&AEE Martlesham Heath

Martlesham Heath became an experimental station at the time of it’s opening in 1917 until it was decommissioned in 1963. Martlesham Heath Aviation Society is currently endeavouring to record this for posterity by raising funds to place a monument between the two existing war memorials on the barrack square at Martlesham.

monument - artist's impression

Above is an artists impression of the intended monument, together with the inscription, right.

Royal Air Force
Martlesham Heath
1917-1963

The home of the Aeroplane
Experimental Station, Royal
Flying Corps. Later the
Aeroplane and Armament
Experimental Establishment
1924-1939

Second World War 1939-45
Fighter base for RAF and USAAF

Post war research included
the Blind Landing Experimental
Unit and the Bomb Ballistics Unit

This monument was erected in 2008
to commemorate the historic
contribution made here to aviation
research and the development and
evaluation of British military and
civil aircraft

Monument - artist's impression

The artists impression above shows the intended positioning of the
new monument between the existing War Memorials on the Barrack Square.

The cost of remembering for posterity
this pioneering work at Martlesham Heath is £8000.

Your donations, however small, will be much appreciated.

All donations should be addressed to:-

Barker Gotelee, Solictitors,
41, Barrack Square,
Martlesham Heath,
Ipswich, IP5 3RF

Cheques to Martlesham Heath Aviation Society (or MHAS)