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!
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MARSHALLING YARDS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MARSHALLING YARDS OIL REFINERY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
Locations: ASCHAFFENBURG DARMSTADT DIEBURG FRIEDBURG GELNHAUSEN HANAU MERS
Mission date: 12 December 1944
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Montell Higgins. Pilot, 457th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 12 December 1944 in B-17 4337567 'Willie III'
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 12 December 1944
American Air Museum