|
The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) will be a facility and memorial created to relate the historical impact of Bomber Command in Lincolnshire during the Second World War. The project is run by the Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial Trust (a registered charity), who in partnership with the University of Lincoln, is scheduled to fully open the centre in 2017. The 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. Located at Canwick Hill, the centre will be just under two and half miles from RAF Waddington and close to an aircraft production facility that existed at Bracebridge Heath. A view of Lincoln Cathedral, a prominent landmark for air crew, forms an important part of the vista from the centre. The 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 Heritage Lottery Fund contributed £3.1million of funding towards the £10million cost of building the centre. ==Background== The city of Lincoln was selected for the location of the IBCC because 27 Royal Air Force bases (over a third of all Bomber Command stations) were based in the county during World War Two. The large amount of airfields led to Lincolnshire being nicknamed the "Bomber County". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Bomber Command Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|