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!
Second Lieutenant Richard Murray. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 20 May 1943 in AC #416383.
AM/ PH
Died 20 May 1943
American Air Museum
MARSHALLING YARDS AIRFIELD AIRFIELD AND MARSHALLING YARD AIR DEPOT.
Locations: LEIGE (Primary) (RC) ORLY (Primary) RHEIMS (Primary) Vélizy, Villacoublay Air Base, France
Mission date: 20 May 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Leonard Opie. MOS 611, Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #148 dated 26 July 1944, James Joseph Brodie Crew. 3 combat missions.
Died 20 May 1974
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Stewart Fielden. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. FLEW 32 MISSIONS FROM ENGLAND OVER TO GERMANY. ENLISTED 10/1/42. ALSO SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR (STATE SIDE)
DFC/Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Clusters/Purple Heart
Died 20 May 1997
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Everett Cayford. Tail Gunner, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down on 25th mission in B-24 41-28778, 31-Jul-44. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft IV. During the winter of 1945 was forced to march west through Germany. Spent 3 weeks in German hosp
Died 20 May 2000
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Charles Geyer. Pilot, 388th Bomb Group. Lt Charles Geyer was Pilot on B-17 # 42-3439 of 96th Bomber Group / 413th Bomber Squadron, shot down 20 October 1943. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1018. Lt Geyer landed in parachute near Dinther
Died 20 May 2001
American Air Museum
Brigadier General William Seawell. Commanding Officer, 401st Bomb Group. Commanding Officer of 401st BG from 5 December 1944 to 30 May 1945. Flew 30 missions. He later served as Commandant of the cadets at USAF Academy in Colorado and then as President an
Died 20 May 2005
American Air Museum