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!
Sergeant Verdis Pryor. Photographer, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Verdis Pryor enlisted in January 1942 and was sent overseas. Assigned to the 303rd Bomb Group / 359th Squadron, he was a photographer on board B-17 "Augerhead"
Died 23 November 1968
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Charles Koppernolle. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 November 2000
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Edgar Campbell. Radio Operator, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, Harold Peterson Crew. He completed his tour having flown 30 Combat missi
Died 23 November 2003
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant William Dunlop. Fighter Pilot, 357th Fighter Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Sederitz on 14 Jan 45 in P-51 #4415370
Died 23 November 2004
American Air Museum