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).
Lieutenant Bernard Rice. Bombardier, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Shot down 2 October 1943 in B-17 #425260 'Yardbird II. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 2 October 1943
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Paul Tippet. Co-Pilot ; Pilot, Pilot, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". On 30 July 1943, crashed into North Sea 22 miles off Felixstowe, England on return from raid on Kassel, Germany in B-17 #4229738 'Upstairs Maid. '
Died 2 October 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Edwin Mims. Navigator, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Shot down 2 October 1943 in B-17 #425260 'Yardbird II. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 2 October 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Abraham Rasch. Ball Turret Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Shot down 2 October 1943 in B-17 #425260 'Yardbird II. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 2 October 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Hugh Gibney. Waist Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Shot down 2 October 1943 in B-17 #425260 'Yardbird II. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 2 October 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Jack Randall. Tail Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Shot down 2 October 1943 in B-17 #425260 'Yardbird II. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 2 October 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant William Greason. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Shot down 2 Oct 1943 in B-17 #425260 'Yardbird II. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 2 October 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Oaks Smith. Top Turret Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Shot down 2 October 1943 in B-17 #425260 'Yardbird II. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 2 October 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Thomas Richardson. Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Shot down 2 October 1943 in B-17 #425260 'Yardbird II. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 2 October 1943
American Air Museum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MOTOR VEHICLE FACTORY AIRFIELD INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ORDNANCE FACTORY MOTOR VEHICLE FACTORY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
Locations: COLOGNE FRITZLAR AIRFIELD (Opportunistic) GESECKE
Mission date: 2 October 1944
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Donald Rubin. Navigator, 447th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) on October 2, 1944. Lt. Rubin was the Navigator flying with the crew of Capt. Clifford Leach in B-17 serial number 43-38245. Involved in a mid-air collision with B-17 seri
Died 2 October 1944
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant George Logan. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Hamm, Germany. Seen to be flying eratically before suddenly pitching nose-up and then diving straight into the gro
Died 2 October 1944
American Air Museum
Private First Class Walter Zarling. GP, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). Found dead of cerebral hemorrage on his way to HQ to pickup leave orders.
Died 2 October 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Normand Manock. Co-Pilot, 447th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) in mid-air collision over Kettlebaston in #446460
Died 2 October 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Clyde Klee. , 447th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 2 October 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) James Blakney. Ground Crew Aircraft Mechanic, 466th Bomb Group. Was on the original orders activating the 466th BG on 22 August 1943
Died 2 October 1971
American Air Museum