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!
First Lieutenant Thomas Moriarty. Pilot, 447th Bomb Group. Flew first mission 4 Feb 1944. 30 missions on 2 June 1944. Flew in 'Journey's End' and 'Mr Terrific'. Bailed out before B-17G #42-37855 'Mr Terrific' crashed N o
Died 9 June 1905
American Air Museum
Corporal Anthony Starcer. Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Painted the nose art on the Memphis Belle after orginal artist died. Starcer was a nose artist extraordinaire !
A prolific artist, he painted over 127 aircrafts nose art, a list of w
Died 9 June 1986
American Air Museum