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!
Elever vid signalskolan på F 3 Östgöta flygflottilj, 1943-1944. Del av grupp. Grupporträtt framför byggnad.
19 November 1943
Flygvapenmuseum
Second Lieutenant Joseph Spicer. Bombardier, 95th Bomb Group. * 20 October 1943 : B17#42-30114 ditched in North Sea. All returned.
* 19 November 1943 : B17#42-31123 took off on mission to Germany. When it failed to gain flying speed and was banking to tur
Died 19 November 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Kenneth Rongstad. Pilot, 95th Bomb Group. * 20 October 1943 B17#42-30114 ditched in North Sea. All returned.
* 19 November 1943 - B17#42-31123 took off on mission to Germany. When it failed to gain flying speed and was banking to turn,
Died 19 November 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Richard Diete. Navigator, 95th Bomb Group. * 20 October 1943 : B17#42-30114 ditched in North Sea. All returned.
* 19 November 1943 : B17#42-31123 took off on mission to Germany. When it failed to gain flying speed and was banking to turn
Died 19 November 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Warren Strawn. Co-Pilot, 95th Bomb Group. * 19 November 1943 : B17#42-31123 took off on mission to Germany. When it failed to gain flying speed and was banking to turn, it stalled and crashed at Redlingfield, Suffolk. All 10 men on board
Died 19 November 1943
American Air Museum
Sergeant Charles Phinney. Tail Gunner, 95th Bomb Group. * 19 November 1943 : B17#42-31123 took off on mission to Germany. When it failed to gain flying speed and was banking to turn, it stalled and crashed at Redlingfield, Suffolk. All 10 men on board kil
Died 19 November 1943
American Air Museum
Sergeant Julius Torok. Waist Gunner, 95th Bomb Group. * 20 October 1943 : B17#42-30114 ditched in North Sea. All returned.
* 19 November 1943 : B17#42-31123 took off on mission to Germany. When it failed to gain flying speed and was banking to turn, it st
Died 19 November 1943
American Air Museum
Sergeant Louis Mirabel. Waist Gunner, 95th Bomb Group. * 19 November 1943 : B17#42-31123 took off on mission to Germany. When it failed to gain flying speed and was banking to turn, it stalled and crashed at Redlingfield, Suffolk. All 10 men on board kill
Died 19 November 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Kenneth Cosby. Tail Gunner, 95th Bomb Group. KOM. B17#42-31123 took off on mission to Germany. When it failed to gain flying speed and was banking to turn, it stalled and crashed at Redlingfield, Suffolk.
Full details on the crash and crew
Died 19 November 1943
American Air Museum