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!
Master Sergeant Arthur Batson. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 15 January 1943. In B-24 #4123724 'Flying Cock' piloted by Llewelyn Brown which was hit by flak.
AM/ PH
Died 15 January 1943
American Air Museum
Sergeant Ernest Kish. Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 15 January 1943. Hit by flak in B-24 #4123724 'Flying Cock'. North African Cemetery near Carthage, Tunisia
AM/ PH
Died 15 January 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Charles Starcher. Radio Operator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 15 January 1943. Hit by flak in B-24 #4123724 'Flying Cock'. North African Cemetery near Carthage, Tunisia
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 15 January 1943
American Air Museum