This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. 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
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 code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
Major Gilbert Halsey. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. He graduated from Cement High School. He attended the University of Oklahoma for one year before attending Spartan Air School. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force on May 1, 1941.
assigned 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF
Died 2 September 1955
American Air Museum
Corporal stanley Alicki. MOS 283, Athletic Instructor, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 33rd Station Complement Squadron, 384th Bombardment Group on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #6 dated 8 January 1944.
Died 2 September 1987
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Roger Knierim. (Engineer) Left Waist gunner, 392nd Bomb Group. Roger Knierim attended Center Street Elementary School then the Mentor High School, Mentor, Ohio, graduating in 1939. He enlisted in the Air Corps in March 1942 and trained
Died 2 September 2006
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) John Locke. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Completed 25 missions
Died 2 September 2011
American Air Museum