title: RAF Church Broughton
text: # RAF Church Broughton
  
  Royal Air Force Church Broughton or more simply RAF Church Broughton is a former Royal Air Force satellite airfield located near Church Broughton, Derbyshire, England.
  
  ## History
  
  The following units were here at some point:
  
  * Satellite of No. 27 Operational Training Unit RAF (August 1942 - May 1945)
  * Sub site for No. 51 Maintenance Unit RAF (August 1945 - ?)
  * No. 93 Group Screened Pilots School RAF formed here during May 1943 operating Vickers Wellington IIIs. The unit was disbanded at RAF Leicester East during October 1944.
  * No. 1429 (Czechoslovak Operational Training) Flight RAF using Wellington IIIs and Westland Lysander IIs between August and November 1942. The unit was disbanded on 27 February 1943 while at RAF Thornaby to become Czechoslovak Flight with No. 6 OTU
  
  ## Current use
  
  The site is currently Dove Valley Park. There are currently 6 turkey rearing sheds on the site. They are positioned on the north eastern edge of the concrete runway. On 10 November 2022 it became the 192nd confirmed location of Avian Flu in the UK in that year.
  
  