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!
Captain Robert Hobert. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Robert Hobert was from Woodland, Washington. He was assigned to the 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF and transferred to the 336th fighter squadron, 4th Fighter Group, in May 1943 staying until April 1944.
Promoted to 1
Died 6 April 1944
American Air Museum
Colonel Robert Stephens. Pilot, 354th Fighter Group. Robert W Stephens flew 80 combat missions over Germany in World War II and had a total of 241 combat hours.
He enlisted in Feb 1942 and by 1944 had advanced to the rank of Lt Colonel and was commander o
Died 6 April 1960
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Abe Frost. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 April 1990
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Henry Northrop. Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. Crashed in Blick, Germany, near the village Süderbrarup in Schleswig-Holstein on 6/18/44 in B-24 “Rhapsody in Junk.” POW at Stalag Luft III and Stalag VII-A.
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Died 6 April 1998
American Air Museum
Captain Elton Long. Pilot, 404th Fighter Group. Credited with 100 combat missions
Went on to post war fame as an engineer and inventor with Case:
The man who started at Case as Chief Product Engineer for the loader/backhoe, and retired 29 years later as V
Died 6 April 2003
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant William Schubert. Tail Gunner, 385th Bomb Group.
Died 6 April 2004
American Air Museum