ⓘ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 International Bomber Command Centre stands on Canwick Hill, overlooking Lincoln in Bomber County, where a third of the wartime bomber stations of the RAF were based. Opened in 2018, its memorial spire — at 31 metres the wingspan of an Avro Lancaster — is surrounded by walls bearing the names of the 57,871 men and women of RAF Bomber Command who died in the Second World War. The centre tells the story of the bombing war and of the civilians affected on all sides.
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What this page does not claim
- This commemorates RAF Bomber Command (the strategic air campaign over Europe), not Soviet forces or the Arctic convoys.
- Names of individuals commemorated belong on archival surfaces, not this discovery record.
- Endorsement by any named institution; the source is cited for documentary research only.
Sources
- BInternational Bomber Command Centre — International Bomber Command Centre official record (Canwick Hill, Lincoln; spire and walls naming 57,871 RAF Bomber Command dead).archived ↗
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