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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Mission date: 25 May 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Jerome Fontaine. Bombardier, 388th Bomb Group. Shot down 25 May 1944 in B-17 #4210717. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 25 May 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Marion Bench. Fighter Pilot, 20th Fighter Group. Hit by 20MM shell while strafing railroads and crashed near Wemeldinge, Holland in P-38J #42-68094 on 25 May 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster, DFC
1 He111
Died 25 May 1944
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant John Hurdle. Top Turret Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 25 May 1944 in B-17 42-31741 'Thunderbolt'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5264.
Awards: AM (4 OLC), PH.
Died 25 May 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant David Messer. Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Flew at least 7 missions with the 466th BG as BTG on the Forest M. Musgrave Crew
Flew only 1 mission with 44th BG then transferred to 15th AF
Died 25 May 1955
American Air Museum
Colonel William Cleveland. Chief of Staff; Commanding Officer, 25th Bomb Group. Cleveland was Chief of Staff of the 325th Wing and assumed command on July 4 1944.
Cleveland was C.O. of the 466th BG: 1 November 1944 - 16 February 1945
Died 25 May 1973
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Harold Strickland. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Failed check ride in Curtiss Jenny and washed out of AAC flying program 3-1925, approached British embassy to fly for RAF 1940, contacted Knight committee 1940, service pilot training in US,
Died 25 May 1981
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Earl Preston. Station Fire Marshall, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 May 1984
American Air Museum