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!
Captain Benjamin Riggs. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 19 January 1943 when B-24 41-23672 'Double Trouble' was shot down over Sousse, Tunisia and crashed in the sea near the coast of Tunisia.
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Died 19 January 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Frank Lewis. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 19 January 1943 when B-24 41-23672 'Double Trouble' was shot down over Sousse, Tunisia and crashed in the sea near the coast of Tunisia.
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Died 19 January 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Edwin Malloy. Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 19 January 1943 when B-24 41-23672 'Double Trouble' was shot down over Sousse, Tunisia and crashed in the sea near the coast of Tunisia.
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Died 19 January 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant George Creadon. Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 19 January 1943 when B-24 41-23672 'Double Trouble' was shot down over Sousse, Tunisia and crashed in the sea near the coast of Tunisia.
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Died 19 January 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Harry Cottingham. Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 19 January 1943, Shot down over Tunisia, bailed out over ocean. Body never recovered. B-24 41-23672 'Double Trouble' was shot down over S
Died 19 January 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Michael Reilly. Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 19 January 1943 when B-24 41-23672 'Double Trouble' was shot down over Sousse, Tunisia and crashed in the sea near the coast of Tunisia.
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Died 19 January 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Marlin Staller. Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 19 January 1943 when B-24 41-23672 'Double Trouble' was shot down over Sousse, Tunisia and crashed in the sea nea
Died 19 January 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Stephen Medling. Radio Operator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 19 January 1943 when B-24 41-23672 'Double Trouble' was shot down over Sousse, Tunisia and crashed in the sea near the coast of Tuni
Died 19 January 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Wendell Blickensderfer. Pilot, 7th Photographic Group. Crashed in F-5B #42-67378 on 19 Jan 1944 near West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire for unknown reasons while on cross country flight from Honington to Mt Farm. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 19 January 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Jack Decker. Pilot, 392nd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 19 January 1945
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Died 19 January 1945
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Michael Biakis. Co-Pilot , 392nd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) on 19 January 1945.
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Died 19 January 1945
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Johnson. Navigator, 392nd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA)
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Died 19 January 1945
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Marcus Hadley. Radio Operator, 392nd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 19 January 1945
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Died 19 January 1945
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Robert Demery. Flight Engineer, 392nd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 19 January 1945
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Died 19 January 1945
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Herman Wolters. Radio Operator, 384th Bomb Group. Died as a result of electrical shock while on detached service at Namur, Belgium
Died 19 January 1945
American Air Museum
Captain Wiley Glass. Intelligence, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers.
Died 19 January 1971
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Harm Krull. Tail Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs.
Died 19 January 1993
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Glesner Weckbacher. Crew Chief, 4th Fighter Group. Glesner Werkbacher served with the 4th Fighter Group between 1942 and 26 August 1945. He was promoted to Staff Sergeant on 1 April 1943.
He participated in Operation FRANTIC II, the Russia
Died 19 January 1993
American Air Museum
Sergeant Ober Torvik. Engineer / Top Turret Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. After graduating from Sisseton High School, North Dakota, Ober Torvik left home at 17 years of age and went to California to join the Merchant Marine. For five year
Died 19 January 2003
American Air Museum