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 Earl Pollock. Co-Pilot, 446th Bomb Group. On 14 Feb 1944, B-24H #41-29354 was lost a sea apparently running out of fuel on the deployment of the 466th BG to the ETO. Destination was Dakar, Senegal. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 14 February 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant James Blake. Navigator, 446th Bomb Group. On 14 Feb 1944, B-24H #41-29354 was lost a sea apparently running out of fuel on the deployment of the 466th BG to the ETO. Destination was Dakar, Senegal. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 14 February 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Paul Pastovich. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. On 14 Feb 1944, B-24H #41-29354 was lost a sea apparently running out of fuel on the deployment of the 466th BG to the ETO. Destination was Dakar, Senegal. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 14 February 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Baillie. Bombardier, 446th Bomb Group. On 14 Feb 1944, B-24H #41-29354 was lost a sea apparently running out of fuel on the deployment of the 466th BG to the ETO. Destination was Dakar, Senegal. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 14 February 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Lynn Bird. Radio Operator, 446th Bomb Group. On 14 Feb 1944, B-24H #41-29354 was lost a sea apparently running out of fuel on the deployment of the 466th BG to the ETO. Destination was Dakar, Senegal. Killed in Action (K
Died 14 February 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Wilton Buller. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. On 14 Feb 1944, B-24H #41-29354 was lost a sea apparently running out of fuel on the deployment of the 466th BG to the ETO. Destination was Dakar, Senegal. Killed in A
Died 14 February 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Alfred Kosciolek. Right Waist Gunner, 446th Bomb Group. On 14 Feb 1944, B-24H #41-29354 was lost a sea apparently running out of fuel on the deployment of the 466th BG to the ETO. Destination was Dakar, Senegal. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 14 February 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Earl Moore. Left Waist Gunner, 446th Bomb Group. On 14 Feb 1944, B-24H #41-29354 was lost a sea apparently running out of fuel on the deployment of the 466th BG to the ETO. Destination was Dakar, Senegal. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 14 February 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Frank Keszei. Top Turret Gunner, 446th Bomb Group. On 14 Feb 1944, B-24H #41-29354 was lost a sea apparently running out of fuel on the deployment of the 466th BG to the ETO. Destination was Dakar, Senegal. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 14 February 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Lawrence Cody. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Missing in Action (MIA) with full bomber crew on flight from Portalava, Brazil to Dakar, Africa. Lost at sea. Official report from Commanding Gen, USAAF in the South Atlantic states that he was killed on 1
Died 14 February 1944
American Air Museum
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Mission date: 14 February 1945
American Air Museum
Major Raymond Wetmore. Fighter Pilot, 359th Fighter Group. Ray Wetmore enlisted aged 18 in 1941, he was commissioned in March 1943 and joined the 359th Fighter Group. He became top Ace of the 359th Fighter Group, scoring 21 victories, his final kill was a
Died 14 February 1951
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel William Dunn. Pilot, 406th Fighter Group. Bill Dunn was born on November 16, 1916, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on March 19, 1934, and served as an infantryman until receiving an honorable discharge on Novembe
Died 14 February 1995
American Air Museum