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 David Stamper. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Died in a train accident on 16 Jan 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 16 January 1944
American Air Museum
Flight Officer Robert Newell. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) at Saalau in B-24 #4251275
Died 16 January 1945
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Frederick Hall. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Group diverted to alternate fields due to weather upon return from mission. Crashed attempting to land near Folkestone. 16-Jan-45. KIA.
Died 16 January 1945
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Cornelius Davison. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) at Saalau in B-24 #4251275
Died 16 January 1945
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Harvey Reiquam. Right Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) at Saalau in B-24 #4251275
Died 16 January 1945
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Ira Glass. Left Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) at Saalau in B-24 #42-51275. Shot down by flak.
Purple Heart
Died 16 January 1945
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant John Cowden. Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) at Saalau in B-24 #4251275
Died 16 January 1945
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Dave Threadgill. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) at Saalau in B-24 #4251275
Died 16 January 1945
American Air Museum
Pilot Officer John Alexander . Pilot, . Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 71S, Bf109 damaged shared 15-5-41, Hurricane Mk I damaged friendly fire !! [John Flynn] 15-5-41.
Died 16 January 1983
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Edward Kelley. Bombardier, 388th Bomb Group. On the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-37886 'Blitzing Betsy' was severely damaged by attacks from several FW190s causing it to collide with a
Died 16 January 2000
American Air Museum