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!
Brigadier General Bartlett Beaman. Chief of Staff, . LOM/ BS/ DUC
Died 14 November 1947
American Air Museum
Sergeant James Melillo. Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Shot down 1 May 1943 in B-17 #4254-22. Plane crashed into Brest Harbor on a mission to the uboat yards at St. Nazaire, France. Prisoner of War (POW) imprisoned
Died 14 November 1976
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Luverne Abendroth. Fighter Pilot, 3rd Scouting Force. Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF.
Transferred to 3rd Scouting Force. Ended Tour Duty (ETD).
Died 14 November 1987
American Air Museum
Captain James Hill. Pilotage Navigator/Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. 29 combat missions, 184 combat hours. B-24 ETO Jul 1945.
AM (3)/ PH/ DFC/ ETO 3 stars/ WWIIV/ UC
Retired from USAF as a Lt. Colonel.
Died 14 November 1994
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Gilbert Widdowson. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 November 2002
American Air Museum