ⓘWhat do the D1–D5 confidence tiers mean?›
- D1A single attributed public source (museum, council, Historic England, CWGC, mapping data).
- D2Two or more independent public sources corroborate the same facts.
- D3A named coordinator or local reviewer has confirmed the public-source account.
- D4A named observer has personally visited and documented the site — photographs, inscriptions, condition.
- D5An archive or institution has provided written documentation supporting the entry.
A higher tier means more corroborating evidence, not automatic historical certainty. The Discovery layer does not replace archival verification.
The Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede, on Cooper's Hill above the Thames, commemorates by name 20,456 airmen and airwomen of the Commonwealth air forces who were lost in operations from the United Kingdom and northern and western Europe during the Second World War and who have no known grave. Designed by Sir Edward Maufe, it was unveiled in 1953.
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What this page does not claim
- This commemorates Commonwealth air-force personnel with no known grave (the air war over Europe), not Soviet forces or the Arctic convoys.
- Names of individuals belong on archival surfaces, not this discovery record.
- Endorsement by any named institution; the source is cited for documentary research only.
Sources
- ACommonwealth War Graves Commission — CWGC record for the Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede (20,456 Commonwealth air-force personnel of the Second World War with no known grave).archived ↗
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