The reason for my request for help is that I am researching the early life of Capt C K M Douglas, AFC, who I know was flying at/near Brooklands betwen June and September 1917. I assumed he was with an RFC squadron, but I now know this was not the case and he might have been testing aircraft that were manufactured there.

Could anyone confirm that RFC pilots were so employed (testing factory aircraft) or would this only have been done at an Aircraft Acceptance Park?

TIA
Brian