This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
Captain Richard McMinn. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, transferred to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF,
took part in 4th FG's Spitfires
Died 15 April 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant LeRoy Dodd. Fighter Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in a combat training accident in P47 41-6241. The combat training mission used camera guns and collision occured north of RAF Tempsford.
Died 15 April 1943
American Air Museum
Captain Stanley Anderson. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 71[Eagle] Sqn RAF, transferred to 334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF.
Shot down by Fw190 over the North Sea off the coast between Ostend and Blankenberghe, Belgium in P-47 41-6407.
Died 15 April 1944
American Air Museum
Flight Officer Joseph Mundy. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 15 April 1944 in AC #4276412. crashed into North Sea
DFC/ AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 15 April 1944
American Air Museum
Major Leroy Schreiber. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed ner Flensburg in P-47 #4325577
Died 15 April 1944
American Air Museum
FLAK BATTERIES ESCORT MISSION FLAK BATTERIES FLAK BATTERIES.
Locations: BORDEAUX/ROYAN GUNZBURG and ULM ROYAN ROYAN
Mission date: 15 April 1945
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant John Conway. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). B-24H A/C# 41-29593 'Little Rebel'. Crashed near Mattishall after takeoff on mission to bomb troop installations in France with napalm bombs.
Died 15 April 1945
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Richard Cunningham. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). B-24H A/C# 41-29593 'Little Rebel'. Crashed near Mattishall after takeoff on mission to bomb troop installations in France with napa
Died 15 April 1945
American Air Museum
Major Wilfred Crutchfield. Fighter Pilot, 362nd Fighter Group.
Died 15 April 1968
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Paul Overbaugh. Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Orginal Crew #8. Shot down 29 July 1943 in B-17 42-29700 which crashed near Schleswig. Prisoner of War (POW). No MACR found
Died 15 April 1982
American Air Museum
Captain Donald Barber. Fighter Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended 2 Tours of Duty.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Died 15 April 1992
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Edward Wozniak. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. End Tour of Duty (ETD). Re-assigned to Training Unit.
Died 15 April 1995
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Leon Blanding. Fighter Pilot, 495th Fighter Training Group. Leon Blanding joined the RCAF and began flying as a sergeant pilot with No. 121 'Eagle' Squadron, and he rose to the rank of Major over the course of two tours with t
Died 15 April 1998
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Otto Krause. Navigator, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Whilst flying on a mission over the Rhine on, 6 January 1945. Krause's Aircraft was flying alongside B-17 "Little Miss Mischief" flown by 1Lt Herman W. Balaban&
Died 15 April 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Frederick Bradley. Top Turret Gunner, 398th Bomb Group. My Dad flew with the Howard Traeder crew, 24 missions from 1/45 to 4/45 24th mission was supposed to be a milk run however it didn't turn out that was. The 398th's B-17
Died 15 April 1999
American Air Museum
Thomas Barrineau. , 490th Bomb Group. Thomas and twin brother Murdock Barrineau lived in Waycross, Georgia with their parents and younger sister Stella. Both brothers attended the Waycross High School and after their graduation the family moved to Naples
Died 15 April 2000
American Air Museum