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!
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY AIRCRAFT FACTORY AIRFIELD OIL REFINERY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OIL REFINERY OIL REFINERY AIRFIELD HARBOUR INSTALLATION AIRFIELD COASTAL BATTERIES EXPERIMENTAL STATION AIRCRAFT FACTORY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX A
Mission date: 4 August 1944
American Air Museum
PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE MISSION SCOUTING MISSION WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE MISSION.
Locations: ATLANTIC OCEAN BREST
Mission date: 4 August 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Anthony Forte. Pilot, 390th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down by flak and crashed at Tours in B-17 Sequatchiee 43-37876
Died 4 August 1944
American Air Museum
V-1 MISSILE SITES V-1 MISSILE SITES V-1 MISSILE SITES V-1 MISSILE SITES.
Locations: MIMOYECQUES SIRACOURT WATTEN WIZERNES
Mission date: 4 August 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant James Bell. Military Occupation Specialty 501-Administrative and Technical Clerk, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 4 August 1983
American Air Museum