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).
HMS Alecto (1882). A 1:48 scale exhibition standard full hull model of the special service vessel HMS Alecto launched in 1882. The model is fully rigged, with a copper sheathed hull complete with all the various fixtures and fittings. The whole model is m
2008
National Maritime Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Pue. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #42-29935, 'CAT'S SASS'. Plane ditched into The North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #1725.
POW
Died 2 January 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Robert Hosmer. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 January 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Armando Ruggieri. Waist Gunner/Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 January 2008
American Air Museum
Sergeant Antonio Catarella. Radio Operator, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 12 January 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Clyde Shrum. Co-Pilot/Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 January 2008
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant James Valentime. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 January 2008
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Webb Hall. , 466th Bomb Group.
Died 27 January 2008
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Klass. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Normandy with bronze star on theater ribbon-Northern France. Berlin on Mar. 22nd -Berlin Airlift. Flew 30 Missions in WW IIWon SAC Bomb. Nav Competition in 1954
Air Medal w/3Oak Leaf Cluster;
Died 29 January 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Kenneth Addison. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 3 February 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Seymour Fosberg. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Seymour L. Fosburg changed his name to Larry S. Tromer after the war.
Died 5 February 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Edward Kozon. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 10 February 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Victor DeGanna. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. After being badly shot up the Owens Crew was broken up after their 4th mission. DeGanna we reassigned to the Joseph A. Hayes Crew.
Died 13 February 2008
American Air Museum
Chief Master Sergeant Louis Kline. Top Turret Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. 25 mission club
Died 6 March 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Ambrose Reese. Pilot, 457th Bomb Group. Ambrose Willard Reese was born August 4, 1923, in Kingston, Pa., to the late Ambrose and Marjorie (Walters) Reese and moved to Palm Coast from Scotch Plains, N.J., in 1986. He was an Army Air Corps
Died 12 March 2008
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) James Agerton. Machinist, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 March 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Frederick Hall. Bombardier, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 19 March 2008
American Air Museum
Captain George Pullis. Fighter Pilot, 48th Fighter Group. George Pullis flew over 120 combat missions with the 48th Fighter Group. He scored one recorded victory on 8 April 1945. He did have to bale out on 22 March 1945 but made it safely back to base at
Died 26 March 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant James Morris. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 20th Fighter Group. James Morris was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1920. He enlisted in the Air Corps in 1942 and served in Europe with the 20th Fighter Group / 77th Fighter Squadron. He flew on 72 missions
Died 2 April 2008
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Andrew Van Slot. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group. 31 bombing missions, 4 gas hauls for Patton, Battle of the Bulge. Going overseas from Goose Bay, we had ice on the ailerones and went into a spin at 13,500. Pulled out at 3
Died 2 April 2008
American Air Museum
General Lewis Lyle. Commanding Officer, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". 17-Feb-42 Assigned as a Pilot with 303BG/360BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. 6-Mar-42 assigned as Pilot with crew of B-17F 41-24559 [PU-F] "Ooold Soljer",
Died 6 April 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Donald Sargeant. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 13 April 2008
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Charles Jones. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. 7 missions
Died 19 April 2008
American Air Museum
Captain Philip McDavid. Pilot, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". From 24 July to 20 November 1944 completed 35 missions with no aborts.
AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 20 April 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Harold Jeffries. Waist Gunner, 94th Bomb Group. Waist Gunner on B17G "Lead Queen"
Died 21 April 2008
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Arthur Cwiklinski. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on strafing mission in P-51 44-13314 near Beauvais when his section was bounced by 15 plus Bf109's, 18-Aug-44. Abandoned A/C and evade
Died 24 April 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Henry Jurgens. Left Waist Gunner/Ball Turret gunner, 392nd Bomb Group. S/sgt Henry F. Jurgens, Left Waist Gunner, parachuted from his crippled B-24 Liberator, tail # 42-50758 "YMCA Flying Service II" on the eve of his 15th combat
Died 24 April 2008
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Leonard Nealis. Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 25 April 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Frank Klibbe. Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. On 27 Jan 1944, while on a test flight, P-47D #42-75694 crashed due to engine failure. RTD.
Died 26 April 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Francis Sullivan. Ball Turret Gunner, 95th Bomb Group. Set afire by fighters on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31251crashed ENE of Vechta, GR after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (P
Died 30 April 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Clyde Richardson. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Trier on 2 Jan 45 in B-17 #448201
Died 7 May 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Fred Worth. Airplane Armorer-Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. 32 missions all in 1944.
DFC Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ European African Middle Eastern Service Medal w/ 3 Bronze Stars
Died 14 May 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Leonard Kessinger. Ball Turret Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Flew two missions with the 388th BG and then was transferred to the 96th BG.
Prisoner of War (POW) for 18 months after being shot down on 14 DEC 1943 in 423261 the Short Stride.
Died 14 May 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Charles Ondes. Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 June 2008
American Air Museum
Master Sergeant Jack Bowen. Ball Turret and Right Waist Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars.
On February 21st, 1944 Jack was assigned to the B-17 "Lightning Strikes" #423073 as the right waist gunner. The target of their mission was
Died 11 June 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Robert Fox. Left Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed into Baltic on 7/18/44 in B-24 Spare Parts #4129350
POW
Died 11 June 2008
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Vernon Kramer. Top Turret Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31214 "Return Engagement" crashed near Borstel.
Missing Aircraft and Crew Report #3085
Origin
Died 15 June 2008
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Robert Shepard. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Bresegardt on 21 May 44 in P-38 #4267713 on his 34 mission over Germany. His right leg was amputated below the knee, but after the war he pitched for the
Died 16 June 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Byron Magness. , 398th Bomb Group. Completed 35 missions, reportedly the youngest B-17 Flying Fortress pilot in the European Theatre of Operations.
On 14 February 1945 Magness' B-17 was badly damaged over Dortmund and made a forced
Died 18 June 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Lester Korsmeyer. Waist Gunner, 94th Bomb Group. "Easy-going and willing to do his duty"
Died 24 June 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Herman Young. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 26 June 2008
American Air Museum
Major Maurice Dillingham. Pilot, 547th Squadron Commander, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-30033 'Little America. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
POW
Died 28 June 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant James Hileman. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM (4 OLC), WWII Victory.
Post War: Worked for ALCOA Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Died 2 July 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Harry Hancock. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 3 July 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Thomas Rugh. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 July 2008
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Hayes. Fighter Pilot; Deputy Commanding Officer, 357th Fighter Group. He was an American ace in a group that produced 42 aces. He flew 2 missions on D-Day in a P-51
SS w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC w/ Oa
Died 24 July 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Joseph Bagatti. MOS 632, Parachute Rigger and Repairman, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG, 546th BS on Gowen Field, Idaho, Special Orders #362 dated 28 December 1942, as a member of the original squadron cadre.
Died 25 July 2008
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Wesley Mudge. Radio Operator, 398th Bomb Group.
Died 26 July 2008
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Owen Coldiron. Top Turret Gunner, 389th Bomb Group. flew on famous Ploesti raid of 1 Aug '43
Died 11 August 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant William Accoo. Crew Chief, . William Accoo fought with distinction for the 332nd Fighter Group, 99th Fighter Squadron during its World War II campaigns in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. For his service he was awarded the Congressional Gold
Died 27 August 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Harold Johnson. Bombardier, 445th Bomb Group. He flew 29 missions in WW II. Stayed in the military for 30 years, retiring and serving in the White House in the 70's.
DFC/Air Medal w 4/Oak Leaf Cluster/Legion of Merit/DSC/
Worked in
Died 29 August 2008
American Air Museum
Colonel Donald Blakeslee. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Don Blakeslee was born on 11 September 1917 in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. As a boy he became captivated with planes while watching the Cleveland National Air Races held only 30 miles away from his home at
Died 3 September 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Kemal Saied. Pilot, 404th Fighter Group. Kemal flew 62 combat missions in the ETO with the 404th FG. After the war he opened clothing stores in his native Oklahoma. Both of his parents had emigrated (separately) from Lebanon near the tu
Died 4 September 2008
American Air Museum
Captain Eric Sherman. Pilot; Squadron Operations Officer, 446th Bomb Group. (Adapted from the obituary in The San Diego Union Tribune, 23 September 2008)
Born and raised in Illinois, Eric Sherman moved to San Diego in March of 1941 where he met and marrie
Died 17 September 2008
American Air Museum
Major General Harold Price. Pilot, . Major General Harold L. Price is the director of military assistance and sales, Deputy Chief of Staff, Systems and Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
General Price was born in 1918, in Potter, N.Y., where he att
Died 6 October 2008
American Air Museum
Colonel Robert Fish. 1091-Pilot, 492nd Bomb Group. Commanding Officer of 492nd BG. This group was more widely known as the 'Carpetbaggers.' The mission of this group was to air drop supplies and agents in German occupied areas of Europe during W
Died 12 October 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Walter Zaremba. Left Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Rotterdam in B-24 Hot Box #4129374 on 8/9/44
POW
Died 13 October 2008
American Air Museum
Captain Jack Novak. Flight Engineer; Commander, 398th Bomb Group. He served 30 years in the Air Force, he was a graduate of West Point.
DFC; Air Medal w/4Oak Leaf Cluster; Pres Unit Citation, Bronze Star
Died 23 October 2008
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant George Seidlein. Co-Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. B-17G 42-31435, 'West End,' modified w/six . 50 mgs in chin turret. Lost three engines due to heavy flak on mission to Orleans, France, 6 July 1944. Made emergency landing at RAF Man
Died 4 November 2008
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Keith Schuyler. Bomber Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Shot down on 10th Mission, 29 April 1944. POW.
Died 7 November 2008
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Darwin Nelson. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-29768 'Winsome Winn II. ' Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #1336
Died 7 November 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Lowell Halls. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 November 2008
American Air Museum
General Kyle Riddle. Pilot, 479th Fighter Group. Born in Decatur, Texas in 1913, Kyle Riddle graduated from Decatur High School in 1931, the Decatur Baptist College in 1933, and the Texas Agricultural & Mechanical University (Texas A&M), College S
Died 16 November 2008
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Alton Snyder. Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Flew 240 combat hours. Shot down during Belgium Bulge 22 January 1945 in AC #44-14803. Prisoner of War (POW) in Nurnberg then in Moosberg.
DFC/ AM
3
Died 20 November 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant James Sampson. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 10 December 2008
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Lewis Scalzo. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 10 December 2008
American Air Museum
Captain Robert Abernathy. Fighter Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Five confirmed victories. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM (12 OLC).
Died 14 December 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Nelvin Coupe. Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Flew on the 'Ruptured Duck' Flew 35 missions
ETO/ AM/ GC
Died 20 December 2008
American Air Museum