RAF Church Broughton
Royal Air Force Church Broughton or more simply RAF Church Broughton is a former Royal Air Force airfield located near Church Broughton, Derbyshire, England.
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| Church Broughton, Derbyshire in England | |||||||||
  RAF Church Broughton Shown within Derbyshire  RAF Church Broughton RAF Church Broughton (England) | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°53′07″N 001°41′59″W | ||||||||
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| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Flying Training Command | ||||||||
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| Built | 1941/2 | ||||||||
| In use | 1942-1946 | ||||||||
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The following units were here at some point:[1]
- No. 27 OTU sometime between 1941 and 1945.[2]
- No. 51 Maintenance Unit RAF
- No. 93 Group Screened Pilots School RAF formed here during May 1943 operating Vickers Wellington III's. The unit was disbanded at RAF Leicester East during October 1944.[3]
- No. 1429 (Czechoslovak Operational Training) Flight RAF using Wellington III's and Westland Lysander II's sometime between 1942 and 1943. The unit was disbanded on 27 February 1943 while at RAF Thornaby to become Czechoslovak Flight with No. 6 OTU[4]
The site is currently Dove Valley Park.[1]
References
Citations
- "Church Broughton". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- Lake 1999, p. 148.
- Lake 1999, p. 125.
- Lake 1999, p. 88.
Bibliography
- Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
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