ⓘ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.
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In The Forum in central Norwich, the American Library is a living memorial to the 2nd Air Division of the United States Eighth Army Air Force, based across East Anglia during the Second World War. It remembers the roughly 7,000 Americans of the division who died, holding a Roll of Honour and an archive of their service. The first memorial library opened in 1962.
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What this page does not claim
- This commemorates the United States 2nd Air Division (the American air war from East Anglia), 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
- AImperial War Museums — IWM War Memorials Register record for the 2nd Air Division USAAF Memorial Library, Norwich (~7,000 American airmen of the Second World War).
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