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!
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Locations: EISENACH (Opportunistic) GOTHA (Primary) KREISING (Opportunistic) POZNAN (Primary) ROSTOCK (Oppo
Mission date: 24 February 1944
American Air Museum
Captain Clarence McIlveen. Pilot, 385th Bomb Group. Shot down by sustained fighter attacks on a mission to Rostock, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31349.
Clarence McIlveen enlisted in Portland, Oregon. He was assigned to the 385th Bomb Group in 1943, wh
Died 24 February 1944
American Air Museum
FIGHTER ESCORT FIGHTER ESCORT FIGHTER ESCORT.
Locations: GOTHA/SCWEINFURT GOTHA/SCWEINFURT GOTHA/SCWEINFURT
Mission date: 24 February 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant James King. Co-Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Joined squad 31 January 1944. Shot down by fighters after falling out of formation and crashed near Eisenbach, GR on a mission to an a/c factory at Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in
Died 24 February 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Clayton. Pilot, 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few. Shot down by fighters and crashed near Furstenau, GR on a mission to Schweinfurt, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31180. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 24 February 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant James Hammontree. Ball Turret Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Shot down by fighters after falling out of formation and crashed near Eisenbach, GR on a mission to an a/c factory at Gotha, Germany on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24D #41-24225
Died 24 February 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Robert Gleason. Tail Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Shot down by fighters after falling out of formation and crashed near Eisenbach, GR on a mission to an a/c factory at Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24D #41-24225 'Flak Alley
Died 24 February 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Charles Noonan. Waist Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) in B-17G #42-38185 during a mission to Schwienfurt, GR.
Died 24 February 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Edward Sullivan. Tail Gunner, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters on return from a mission to Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-100338. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 24 February 1944
American Air Museum