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!
First Lieutenant Leonard Werner. Fighter pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Lost on bomber escort mission, aborted once group was aloft, decided to go looking for targets to strafe in Coblenz area, wit
Died 20 November 1944
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Edward Haraburda. Fighter Pilot, 355th Fighter Group. Assigned to 358FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Hit by flak whilst strafing a train. A/C P-51D 44-13564 crashed near Cologne, 1st Lt Haraburda Killed in Action KIA 20-Nov-44. MACR 10297.
Died 20 November 1944
American Air Museum
Major George Davis. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Captain George H Davis served on both the 336th and 335th fighter Squadrons.
He was shot down on 3 March 1945 - he broke an ankle when he baled out of his P-51D Mustang 44-63599 and landed on a tree st
Died 20 November 1974
American Air Museum
Major Edward Grossheim. Pilot, 95th Bomb Group. B-17 pilot with the 334th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, from April 1944-November 1944. Wounded in action on 7/11/44. Completed 34 combat missions.
Distinguished Flying Cross/Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluste
Died 20 November 1992
American Air Museum