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2nd Air Division Memorial Library, Norwich
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2nd Air Division Memorial Library
The Forum
Millennium Plain
Norwich
NR2 1AW
Norfolk
England
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Collection details
Weapons and War
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Contact details
General information (Tel)
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01603 774747
General information (Fax)
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01603 774749
E-mail
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2admemorial.lib@norfolk.gov.uk
Website
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www.2ndair.org.uk
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Open
Monday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Tuesday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Wednesday - Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm
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Closed
Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays
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Description
During the Second World War over 6,700 young Americans, members of the 2nd Air Division of the 8th United States Army Air Forces, based in Norfolk and Suffolk England, lost their lives in the line of duty. The Second Air Division Memorial Library is an outgrowth of an original idea of three senior officers of the 2nd Air Division, B/Gen Milton Arnold (2nd Combat Wing), Col. Frederick Bryan, Deputy Chief of Staff, Headquarters 2nd Air Division, and Lt. Col. Ion Walker, Ground Exec., 467th Bomb Group. It began with a fundraising effort launched before hostilities ended in 1945. An Appeal was launched to leave a permanent memorial to the fallen comrades of the 2nd Air Division. What resulted was the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library, which, through the Memorial Trust of the 2nd Air Division USAAF, has been funded largely through the 2nd Air Division Association which is comprised of former members of the 2nd Air Division USAAF.
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Collections description
The purpose of the Library is to house a collection of materials about American freedom, culture, and life, about the Second World War in the air, and about the special relationship between the people of the United Kingdom, specifically the people of East Anglia, and the people of the United States.
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Trails
VE Day 60 Years: Both Sides Of The Air War - Norwich In World War Two
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