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!
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