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Location B1131, Canwick Hill, Lincoln, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type memorial
Description

Metal walls and spire

The Walls of Names surround the Memorial Spire in a series of circles framing the view of the City and the Cathedral. There are 271 individual panels. Each one is formed from engraved sheets of Corten Weathering Steel.

Every life lost in Bomber Command was equal in sacrifice and, as a result, the walls do not recognise rank or medals awarded.

The IBCC is the only place in the world where all these losses are commemorated.

There are 23 walls
They carry 271 panels of names
There are about 3/4 million individual characters making up the names
The names were cut using lasers
The panels have been cut to allow for poppies to be placed alongside the names
Each panel is numbered to help locate names
The names represent the losses from over 45 nations
The youngest is only 14
The research behind the names took over 100 volunteers 4 years
The welcome panel was created from Aluminium from a RCAF Halifax which crashed in 1944. It was donated to the project by the Bomber Command Museum, Nanton, Canada
Phase 3 which will cover the losses of pre and post war Bomber Command and those from other Bombing Commands based outside of the UK

The following are listed as country of origin of Australia but no link can be found to Australia

STOPFORD, NEWMAN 656400 (RAF)
STOCKTON, NORMAN (Civilian worked for the Sydney Sun Newspaper)
NEWTON, HARRY 1896256 (RAFVR)
MATHIAS, John Lawrence 1813298 (RAFVR)
LANE, Arthur Frederick 1386890 (RAFVR)
JOHNSON, GEORGE WILLIAM 1018928 (RAFVR)
HOLMES, GEOFFREY CHARLES CHRISTIE 1281476 (RAFVR)
GREEN, GEORGE CHARLES 1255176 (RAFVR)
GILL, LESLIE FRANK 53946 (RAF)
DRINKWATER, Fred 541979 (RAF)
DINEEN, Cecil John 53475 (RAF)
CLEZY, WILLIAM 1365054 (RAFVR)
BRIGGS, James 1132443 (RAFVR)

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KILLWORTH, William Deldon Douglas

Service number 408443
Flight Sergeant
No. 467 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 14 Feb 1924

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SCOTT, William Verdun

Service number 413277
Flying Officer
No. 7 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 7 Jul 1916

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HASKINS, Ronald Henry

Service number 415789
Flight Sergeant
No. 57 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Air Force
Born 5 Aug 1921

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GOOD, Melville Ross

Service number 285324
Flying Officer
No. 467 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 15 Oct 1918

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CHURCH, David Campbell

Service number 417992
Flight Lieutenant
No. 207 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Air Force
Born 24 May 1924

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ALLEN, Keith

Service number 401359
Sergeant
No. 49 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Air Force
Born 30 Jan 1911

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MCGLADRIGAN, Neil Francis Dallaway

Service number 426895
Flight Lieutenant
No. 57 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 8 Dec 1922

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ROBERTSON, Ross Lange

Service number 416706
Flight Sergeant
No. 466 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 18 Jun 1923

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