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!
Flight Officer Virgil Bell. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed 30 August 1943. Crashed while landing B24 #42-7468 returning from ac modifications at BAD. TDY with 392nd BG.
Died 30 August 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Merle Tompkins. Pilot, 392nd Bomb Group. Crashed while landing B24 #42-7468 returning from ac modifications at BAD. TDY with 392nd BG.
Died 30 August 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Leo Lovasik. Radio Operator, 392nd Bomb Group. Killed 30 August 1943 Cambridge Cemetery Crashed while landing B24 #42-7468 returning from ac modifications at BAD. TDY with 392nd BG.
Died 30 August 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Reed Armstrong. Engineer, 392nd Bomb Group. Killed 30 August 1943 Cambridge Cemetery Killed. Crashed while landing B24 #42-7468 returning from ac modifications at BAD. TDY with 392nd BG.
Died 30 August 1943
American Air Museum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX U-BOAT PENS.
Locations: Bremen, Germany KIEL (Primary)
Mission date: 30 August 1944
American Air Museum
Major Donald Adams. Fighter Pilot, 31st Fighter Group. Served as an instructor pilot at Newport, Arkansas, (Aug-43 to Jul-44) followed by advanced fighter training in the P-51 Mustang. Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. 2 missions. Credited with 2 destro
Died 30 August 1952
American Air Museum