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!
Second Lieutenant Edward Simpson. Fighter Pilot, 357th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Sens in P-51 #4413712
Died 10 August 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Lawrence Bearden. Fighter Pilot, 359th Fighter Group. Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA). 10-Aug-44.
Awards: PH.
Died 10 August 1944
American Air Museum
Colonel Harry Neville. Pilot/Director of Materiel, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 10 August 1986
American Air Museum