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).
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Mission date: 30 November 1943
American Air Museum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY OIL REFINERY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY AIRCRAFT FACTORY MARSHALLING YARDS OIL REFINERY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY OIL REFINERY OIL REFINERY MARSHALLING YARDS BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGE
Mission date: 30 November 1944
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Gilbert Schlesinger. Pilot, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17G #446140 'Miss Lace' when A/C lost right wing during heavy anti-aircraft explosions over the target, the Brabag Synthetic Oil Plant, northeast of Zeitz,
Died 30 November 1944
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Owen Winter. Pilot, 94th Bomb Group. Lt. Winter was ordered to do a fly around as he tried to land at the base coming in from a mission. He pulled up and slammed into another plane which caused his plane to crashed. All but the tail gunner were
Died 30 November 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Arthur Champ. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down on his third combat mission, 30 November 1944 in B-17 #44-8409. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Air Crew Report #11128
Died 30 November 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Bernard Goldstein. Co-Pilot, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 #4338742. Killed in Action (KIA).
Killed in Action (KIA) near Zeitz in B-17 #4338742
Died 30 November 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Desmond Steele. Co-Pilot, 446th Bomb Group. Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-24 #4251272. Killed in Action (KIA).
2nd Lieutenant Desmond E. Steele. His date of birth and next of kin are uncertain. He had one brother, Private Wayne A. Ste
Died 30 November 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Donald Alvestad. Co-Pilot, 390th Bomb Group. Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 #4338053. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 30 November 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Marvin Brawer. Navigator, 447th Bomb Group. Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 #4338725. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 30 November 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant John Sherman. Ball Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Sergeant John J. Sherman was born February 24, 1925. His next of kin were his parents, Solomon and Catherine Sherman. He was from Duke Center, Pennsylvania.
On November 30, 1944, he was serving
Died 30 November 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Chester Durham. Nose Gunner / Enlisted, 379th Bomb Group. Flying his 34th mission as a replacement with this crew. Shot down on 30 November 1944 in B-17G, #446140, 'Miss Lace' after encountering heavy anti-aircraft barrage over th
Died 30 November 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Felix Byrne. Waist Gunner, 398th Bomb Group. Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 #4338463. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 30 November 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Stewart Schoch. Waist Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 #446140 'Miss Lace. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 30 November 1944
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Bernard Bonderski. Top Turret Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17G #446140 'Miss Lace' after encountering heavy flak over the target, the Brabag Synthetic Oil Plant northeast of Zeitz, Germany. Killed
Died 30 November 1944
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Jesse McCoy. Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG, 547th BS on 6 June 1944, Robert Koch Crew, per squadron history (microfilm A0641-00226), 27 combat missions.
Bailed out over enemy territory, KIA
Final
Died 30 November 1944
American Air Museum
Flight Officer Arthur Callahan. Co-Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. 1 Oct 43 shot down by fighters in B-24D 42-72877 while on detachment to the 9th AF. Crew bailed out over Austria with 4 Killed in Action (KIA) and 6 Prisoner of War (POW)s. P
Died 30 November 1971
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Terry. Pilot; Commanding Officer, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He was 367th BS pilot [flying only 5 missions from 09 Oct to 20 Nov 1942]; 369th BS CO from 07 Dec 1942 to 22 June 1943; Deputy GP CO 22 June 1943 to 08 August
Died 30 November 1990
American Air Museum