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!
Colonel Gerry Mason. Pilot; Commanding Officer of 448th BG, 448th Bomb Group. Commanding Officer of the 448th Bomb Group based at Seething from April 1944 to November 1944.
25 missions over Himalaya 'Hump' while executive officer, Indo-China Ai
Died 5 May 1964
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Roy Vinnedge. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He did two tours of duty. The first was as pilot in the 306th BG and completed 25 missions by July 1943.
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106
Died 16 May 1964
American Air Museum
Master Sergeant Raymond Bailey. Military Occupation Specialty 750-Airplane Maintenance Technician, Airplane Crew Chief, 384th Bomb Group. Crew Chief
•Promoted to Staff Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #76 dated 20 August 1943.
•Promote
Died 27 May 1964
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Walter Blackwelder. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 June 1964
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Carl Gies. Fighter Pilot/Operations Officer/FAC, 354th Fighter Group. Shot down 2 Zeros in the Philippines with the 20th PS.
Landed on Utah Beach leading forward air controllers awarded Bronze Star.
Received French Croix de Guerre, Belg
Died 2 July 1964
American Air Museum