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 Wallace Frank. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Gace in P-51 #4324759
Died 10 June 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Conrad Netting. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep to Evreux, struck trees in P-51B 42-106669 'Coujon IV' on pull-up from a strafing run on a truck convoy. 10-Jun-4
Died 10 June 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Daniel Loyd. Fighter Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) near Ecouche in P-47 42-25981
Died 10 June 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Richard Kuehner. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 10 June 1944 in AC #4226317
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 10 June 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Vincent Massa. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 10 June 1944 in AC 43-25319.
DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 10 June 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Virgil Johnston. Fighter Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) near Rennes in P-47 #4225771 on 10 June 1944.
Gmasher's comment on Fold3 image:
"Although 2LT Virgil C. Johnston, Jr was killed in the crash of this a
Died 10 June 1944
American Air Museum