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!
Technical Sergeant Thomas Whitfield. Flight Engineer, 486th Bomb Group.
Died 16 May 1905
American Air Museum
Flight Officer Richard Patefield. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97372, BOOBY TRAP. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR #4349.
POW/KIA
Died 16 May 1944
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Roy Vinnedge. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He did two tours of duty. The first was as pilot in the 306th BG and completed 25 missions by July 1943.
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106
Died 16 May 1964
American Air Museum