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Earlier this year the International Bomber Command Centre in Lincolnshire welcomed its 500,000^th visitor. The milestone coincided with the annual InSpire Ride charity motorbike event, which celebrated 80 years since The Great Escape.

The IBCC, which opened in 2018 was created to act as a point of “recognition, remembrance and reconciliation for Bomber Command”. It aims to tell the personal stories of service men and women of RAF Bomber Command, ground crews and civilians affected by the bombing campaigns on both sides of the conflict during the Second World War and beyond to the Cold War era.

The centre provides a comprehensive record of the role of Bomber Command’s squadrons and digitally displays historical documents and photographs relating to the activity of Bomber Command, in an interactive and immersive exhibition. It holds the largest free to access digital heritage collection on Bomber Command in the world, which contains thousands of first-hand historical accounts, photographs and documents from all sides of the war.

Located on Canwick Hill, the centre is just under two and half miles from RAF Waddington, which suffered the greatest losses of any Bomber Command station and close to the former Avro aircraft production facility at Bracebridge Heath. A view of Lincoln Cathedral, a prominent landmark for aircrews, forms an important part of the vista from the centre of the Memorial Spire.