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!
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) David Brandts. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 February 1979
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Acey Bennett. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 February 1985
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Benjamin McCarty. Fighter Pilot, 20th Fighter Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Nancy on 9 May 1944 in P-38J #42-104289. MACR 4688.
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, PH, POW
Died 7 February 1996
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Dewey Whisenant. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 February 2003
American Air Museum