International Bomber Command Centre

The International Bomber Command Centre is a facility and memorial relating the historical impact of Bomber Command in Lincolnshire during the Second World War. Located on Canwick Hill, overlooking the City of Lincoln in England, the site is still under construction. The official opening of the centre was planned for December 2017, but has now been pushed back until April 2018, to be in line with the RAF 100 celebrations. Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial TrustThe project is run by the Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial Trust, in partnership with the University of Lincoln. ObjectivesThe aim of the IBCC is to tell the personal stories of members of the RAF Bomber Command, ground crew and civilians impacted by the bombing campaigns during the Second World War. The centre will also provide a comprehensive record of the role of Bomber Command's squadrons and to display historical documentation and photographs relating to the activity of Bomber Command. Digital ArchiveThe IBCC is creating a digital archive on Bomber Command integrating oral histories, photographs, diaries, letters and service records much of which has never been available for public access. The archive will also reference other digital archives and will work with a wide variety of institutions worldwide to digitise their physical archives. The IBCC is contacting institutions around the world to create a Bomber Command Digital Archive. The aim is bring photographs, log books and documentation together from all countries that had representatives within Bomber Command. FundingThe Heritage Lottery Fund contributed £3. 1million of funding towards the £10million cost of building the centre with other funds being donated by private companies and through funds derived from fines raised by the Libor scandal.

The International Bomber Command Centre is a facility and memorial relating the historical impact of Bomber Command in Lincolnshire during the Second World War. Located on Canwick Hill, overlooking the City of Lincoln in England, the site is still under construction. The official opening of the centre was planned for December 2017, but has now been pushed back until April 2018, to be in line with the RAF 100 celebrations. Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial TrustThe project is run by the Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial Trust, in partnership with the University of Lincoln. ObjectivesThe aim of the IBCC is to tell the personal stories of members of the RAF Bomber Command, ground crew and civilians impacted by the bombing campaigns during the Second World War. The centre will also provide a comprehensive record of the role of Bomber Command's squadrons and to display historical documentation and photographs relating to the activity of Bomber Command. Digital ArchiveThe IBCC is creating a digital archive on Bomber Command integrating oral histories, photographs, diaries, letters and service records much of which has never been available for public access. The archive will also reference other digital archives and will work with a wide variety of institutions worldwide to digitise their physical archives. The IBCC is contacting institutions around the world to create a Bomber Command Digital Archive. The aim is bring photographs, log books and documentation together from all countries that had representatives within Bomber Command. FundingThe Heritage Lottery Fund contributed £3. 1million of funding towards the £10million cost of building the centre with other funds being donated by private companies and through funds derived from fines raised by the Libor scandal.