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: ERDING (Primary) FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (Primary) FR
Mission date: 24 April 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant John Lynch. Bombardier, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down over Oberpfoffenhofen, Germany on 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4238158. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Died 24 April 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Eugene Gallup. Left Waist Gunner, 392nd Bomb Group. Assigned to 578BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Leipheim, due to mechanical failure, B-24 41-28688 could not maintain formation or altitude. Baled out around Freiburg. Kil
Died 24 April 1944
American Air Museum