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: 28 May 1944
American Air Museum
Captain Woodrow Anderson. Fighter Pilot, 352nd Fighter Group. Woodrow Anderson entered service from Texas and served as a pilot with the 78th Fighter Group transferring to the 352nd Fighter Group. He Failed to Return (FTR) from a bomber escort to Dessau.
Died 28 May 1944
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Clarence Barger. Fighter Pilot, 355th Fighter Group. Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 6 kills. Flak damaged in P-47 42-75275 8-Mar-44 - Barger WIA. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Liepzig. Formation jumped by Bf109's di
Died 28 May 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant William Orvis. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. 3 missions. Killed in Action (KIA) 28 May 1944 in P-47 42-76318.
Died 28 May 1944
American Air Museum