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!
Charles Emerson. , 100th Bomb Group. Fatally wounded in an attack by BF 109.
Died 11 September 1944
American Air Museum
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Mission date: 11 September 1944
American Air Museum
Captain Lawrence Riegel. Pilot, 100th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Schuiedeberg in B-17 #446089
Died 11 September 1944
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant David Yaus. Bombardier, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 11 September 1944 in B-24 Rat Poison #4250989
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 11 September 1944
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Kenneth Crawford. Fighter Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Assigned 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort Ruhland, Germany, shot down Bf109 and last seen having set off after second, shot down near Oberhof in P-51D 'O
Died 11 September 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Jack Williams. Bombardier, 94th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Gelhausen in B-17 Green Hornets #4231653
Died 11 September 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant James Harrison. Navigator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 11 September 1944 Plane was B-24 Rat Poison #4250989
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Died 11 September 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Max Cook. Pilot, 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Helfta in B-17 Derumbelizer #446084. Silent Heroes Among Us crew picture taken 12 days before crash on p. 102.
Died 11 September 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Sidney Hatfield. Tail Gunner, 94th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Gelnhausen in B-17 Green Hornets #4231653
Died 11 September 1944
American Air Museum