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!
NAVAL BASE NAVAL BASE.
Locations: WILHELMSHAVEN (Primary) WILHELMSHAVEN (Primary)
Mission date: 22 March 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Charles Falls. Tail Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. AC # 41-23832 'Maggie' was hit by flak in the target area , Wilhelmshaven, Germany March 22, 1943. Losing altitude and falling behind the formation, it was attacke
Died 22 March 1943
American Air Museum
263 BUNDLES DROPPED.
Locations: AMSTERDAM LEEUWARDEN PARIS THE HAGUE
Mission date: 22 March 1944
American Air Museum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY AIRCRAFT FACTORIES INDUSTRIAL AREA INDUSTRIAL AREA BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY and 6,368,000 LEAFLETS DROPPED AIRCRAFT FACTORIES.
Locations: BASDORF (Primary) BERLIN (Secondary) BERLIN (Secondary) HEIDE (Opportunistic
Mission date: 22 March 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Floyd Smith. Pilot, 27th Air Transport Group. Crashed on takeoff from Maghaberry, N Ireland on a local flight on 22 Mar 1944 in CA-29 #AM667. DNB
2nd Lieutenant Floyd Smith was born August 29, 1921. His next of kin were his parents, Hen
Died 22 March 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Glenn Morris. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. B-24H #41-29416 'Rebel Yell' collided with another aircraft after being hit by flak over the target of Berlin and crashed west of Oranienburg, Germany on 22 Mar 1944.
Killed in Actio
Died 22 March 1944
American Air Museum
ESCORT MISSION AIRFIELD TROOP CONCENTRATIONS TROOP CONCENTRATIONS TROOP CONCENTRATIONS TROOP CONCENTRATIONS TROOP CONCENTRATIONS AIRFIELD TROOP CONCENTRATIONS AIRFIELD TROOP CONCENTRATIONS AIRFIELD TROOP CONCENTRATIONS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX TROOP CONCENTRATI
Mission date: 22 March 1945
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Sylvester Goeke. Pilot, . 1st Lieutenant Sylvester B. Goeke was born May 11, 1918, and was the son of Ben and Ida Goeke. His hometown was Greenville, Ohio.
On March 22, 1945, while piloting B-26 tail #42-107785 of the 320th Bomb Group (M)
Died 22 March 1945
American Air Museum
Corporal Elroy Kerksiek. Military Policeman, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 22 March 2005
American Air Museum