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!
INDUSTRIAL AREA INDUSTRIAL AREA INDUSTRIAL AREA.
Locations: KNABEN (Primary) RJUKAN RJUKAN
Mission date: 16 November 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Charles Reed. Tail Gunner, 390th Bomb Group. Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #423333 'Purgatory Pete. ' Returned to base. Shot down 16 November 1943 in B-17 #4230455 'Schifliss Skunk. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Kil
Died 16 November 1943
American Air Museum