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!
William O'Leary. Togglier, 384th Bomb Group. Killed in collision with another 545th BS plane over Cambridge
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href="http://384thbombgroup. com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch. php?LastName=o">http://384thbombgroup. com/_content/
Died 7 July 1944
American Air Museum
Captain Eugene Potter. Pilot, 368th Fighter Group. Eugene Potter began training in the Canadian air force in the winter of 1940-41. Joined the RAF and was assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, but was not among the officers transferred to the USAAF on 29-9-42.
Died 7 July 1944
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Gerald Davis. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. 2nd Lieutenant Gerald P Davis was born May 6, 1922. His next of kin were his mother, Margaret O’Neil, and an uncle, Harry Sutton. He was from Bayou La Batre, Alabama.
On July 7, 1944, he wa
Died 7 July 1944
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Ernest Brown. Pilot, 389th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Mid air collision and crashed near Brumby in B-24 'Sackwarmer' #4128824
Died 7 July 1944
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Wilfred Thom. Navigator, 389th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Mid air collision and crashed near Berndorf in B-24 # 251144
Died 7 July 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant James Schierbrock. Co-Pilot, 448th Bomb Group. James Schierbrock served as a Co-pilot with the 448th Bomb Group.
He was Wounded in Action 2 July 1944 soon after take-off on a mission to Fiefs, France.
The pilot Billie Blanton in B-24 #
Died 7 July 1944
American Air Museum