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!
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Mission date: 16 February 1943
American Air Museum
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Mission date: 16 February 1945
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Ralph Warne. Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Killed in Action (KIA) near Munster, Germany in B-17 #43-39081 which crashed near Kleve on 16 Feb 45. After bypassing the primary target Langendr
Died 16 February 1945
American Air Museum
Colonel Harry Leber. Commanding Officer, 381st Bomb Group. Commanding Officer 381st BG, 8th AF USAAF. Lt Col Harry P Leber, Jr, was transferred into the Group in December 1943, as Air Executive, and he took over command in January. Leber completed his dut
Died 16 February 1966
American Air Museum