This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). 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
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
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 website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
Technical Sergeant Marcus Shook. Radio Operator, 390th Bomb Group. POW Crashed near Warsaw on 9/18/44 in B-17 'I'll Be Seeing You' #4338175. Shook was shot in both legs descending in parachute and captured by SS troops. Hospitalized in PO
Died 22 January 1995
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Roy Caviness. Pilot - Group Commanding Officer, 361st Fighter Group.
Died 23 January 1995
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Charles McGinty. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 31 January 1995
American Air Museum
Master Sergeant Ralph Holmes. Line Chief, 7th Photographic Group.
Died 2 January 1996
American Air Museum
Private Freddie Analla. Military Occupation Specialty 786 - Toxic Gas Handler, 384th Bomb Group. Attached to the 544th Bombardment Squadron, 384th Bombardment Group for Rations, Quarters and Administration effective this date on AAF Station 106 Special Or
Died 5 January 1996
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Roy Guy. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Wiggingen on 9/8/44 in B-24 Silent Yokum #4250581
POW
Died 11 January 1996
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Livingston Andre. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 29 January 1996
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Charles Lain. Bombardier, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. On his 6th mission, Charles Lain was Bombardier of B-24 # 42-100415 when it ran into mechanical trouble on return in the afternoon from the 8 August 1944 mission to bomb th
Died 3 January 1997
American Air Museum
Corporal George Harrison. Military Occupation Specialty 867-Radar Mechanic, Bombardment, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 7 January 1997
American Air Museum
Sergeant Anthony Ardzinski. Tail Gunner, 385th Bomb Group. Anthony Ardzinski was a Tail Gunner in the 385th Bomb Group/ 550th Bomb Squadron.
Died 14 January 1997
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Lynn Etchison. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 January 1997
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) John Spissinger. Flight Engineer - Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed on 2 Mar 45 in B-24 #4251273
Died 27 January 1997
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Harold Reid. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 18 January 1998
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Albert Nix. Ball Turret Gunner, 458th Bomb Group. WIA on mission to Brunswick, Germany on 8 May 1944
Died 22 January 1998
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Charles Katzenmeyer. Fighter Pilot, 365th Fighter Group.
Died 1 January 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Bernard Massing. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 2 January 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Edward Karolkiewicz. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. Completed 30 bombing missions
DFC/Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Clusters
Died 10 January 1999
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant George Cooley. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. On 11 September 1944 he successfully baled out of his aircraft near Liege, Belgium. He subsequently returned to his squadron on 15 September. End Tour of
Died 13 January 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant John Ferra. Crew Chief, 4th Fighter Group. John Ferra was the one time crew chief of Captain Don Gentile for which he is most famous for. After Gentile was sent home, Ferra took care of 4 other kites until he was sent home in September 1945
Died 15 January 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant William Kopczynski. Radio Operator, 446th Bomb Group. Bill Kopczynski trained as a gunner and was sent overseas. He served in the 446th Bomb Group / 705th Bomb Squadron at Bungay, England. He was Ball Turret Gunner on B-24 “Quiver
Died 17 January 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Jack Shifflet. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 January 2000
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) George Olthafer. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 January 2000
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Howard Seaborn. Navigator, 487th Bomb Group. b-24H #42-52624 'Box Car'.
Died 7 January 2000
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Benjamin Brown. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 January 2000
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant David Hallowell. Aerial Gunner, 490th Bomb Group. Member of Todd crew
Died 8 January 2000
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Henry Holm. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed on 2 Mar 45 in B-24 #4251273
Died 11 January 2000
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) John Rohrssen. Flight Engineer , 466th Bomb Group. Flew first mission to Misburg, Germany on August 24, 1944 A/C was B-24J named 'Parsons Chariot' - Lost two engines over target and third on final approach landing
Died 12 January 2000
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Edward Kelley. Bombardier, 388th Bomb Group. On the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-37886 'Blitzing Betsy' was severely damaged by attacks from several FW190s causing it to collide with a
Died 16 January 2000
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Michael Koussa. Ball Turret Gunner, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down by flak and baled out Viernhsim on 31-Jul-44 from B24 41-28778. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Died 20 January 2000
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant James Wildeman. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 27 January 2000
American Air Museum
Flight Officer Edward Raila. Co-Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG 547th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #74 dated 5 April 1945, Wallace Davidson Crew. 2 combat missions.
Died 1 January 2001
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Robert Bieber. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 12 January 2001
American Air Museum
Sergeant Bernard Poole. Tail Gunner, 486th Bomb Group. 18 missions. Shot down on 19th over Brux, Austria (mission to Dresden) on 17 April 1945 in B-17 #4338001 'Old Miss Agnes. ' Escaped and evaded until 5 May. Prisoner of War (POW).
AM w/ 3 Oa
Died 16 January 2001
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Millard Anderson. Fighter Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.
Flew 53 combat missions in P-51's. Awarded Air Medal for heroically sheparding a badly damaged B-17 (
Died 23 January 2001
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Paul Woodward. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 28 January 2001
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Lloyd Stovall. Radio Operator-Mechanic-Gunner, 398th Bomb Group. 32 missions
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC
Died 1 January 2002
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Gerald Ransom. Aerial Gunner, 490th Bomb Group.
Died 4 January 2002
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant William Taylor. Radio Operator, 384th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Monchengladbach on 5 October 1944 in B-17 #43-38579. Missing Air Crew Report #9754.
Died 29 January 2002
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Lawrence Harrington. Gunner, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 30 January 2002
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Francis Gabreski. Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Francis S Gabreski was the son of Polish immigrants to the US. He enlisted with the United States Army Air Corps in July 1940, was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Air Reserve
Died 31 January 2002
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Vaud Ames. Fighter Pilot, 364th Fighter Group. Assigned to 383FS, 364FG,AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort mission to Troyes. Shot down by Fw190 of 3/JG2, abandoned P-38J 42-67222. A/C Crashed near Ramboulet. 25-May-44. Priso
Died 31 January 2002
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Raphael Anthony. Nose Gunner, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 4 January 2003
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Eldore Daudelin. Left Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 #41-24507 'Yankee Raider'. POW. MACR #772
POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria
Died 8 January 2003
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) LeRoy Zach. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 January 2003
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Daniel Fisher. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Flew 36 missions most on the B-24 'Troublemaker'
Died 18 January 2003
American Air Museum
Sergeant Ober Torvik. Engineer / Top Turret Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. After graduating from Sisseton High School, North Dakota, Ober Torvik left home at 17 years of age and went to California to join the Merchant Marine. For five year
Died 19 January 2003
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Robert Bell. Ball Turret Gunner, 34th Bomb Group. Robert Bell enlisted in the Air Corps. Sent overseas, he was assigned to the 34th Bomb Group / 391st Bomb Squadron, flying on 10 missions on the Harold E. Dwyer crew.
Died 22 January 2003
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Arthur Huggins. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 24 January 2003
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Seymour Kopels. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 28 January 2003
American Air Museum
Colonel George Shackley. Executive Officer, 381st Bomb Group. April 1943 - May 1945 Flew Group Lead Plane on Bomb Runs
Amer Defense Medal, Bronze Star, Air Medal, 2 bronze battle stars, Croix e Guerre w/Palm, DFC.
Died 5 January 2004
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Vincent Bossley. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 January 2004
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Raymond Rahner. Navigator, 305th Bomb Group Can Do. In 1942, Rahner (pronounced "Rayner") enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and trained as a navigator on B-17s. Promoted Second Lieutenant, he was assigned to the 422nd Bombardment Sq
Died 21 January 2004
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Andrew Tolmachoff. Tail Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Andrew Tolmachoff was the youngest of eleven children born to Russian immigrant parents. After graduating from high school he had aspirations to be a major league ba
Died 23 January 2004
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Winston Adkins. Radio Operator, 100th Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters and crashed near Hanover on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31265. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Died 26 January 2004
American Air Museum
Captain Francis Grove. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Commanding Officer 336FS 22-Sep-45 to 10-Nov-45.
Died 31 January 2004
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Carl DeSieno. Aircraft Engineering Officer, 355th Fighter Group.
Died 14 January 2005
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Clinton Swanson. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 January 2005
American Air Museum
Sergeant Neldon Bishop. Ball Turret Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Neldon Bishop was Ball Turret Gunner on board B-17 # 42-97291 of 303rd Bomb Group / 359th Bomb Squadron. Lost on the 24 August 1944 mission to the Leuna refinery
Died 23 January 2005
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Julius Conison. Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Landsberg on 9 Apr 45 in B-17 #448504
Died 1 January 2006
American Air Museum
Captain Robert Milligan. Pilot, 385th Bomb Group. Flew 30 missions, 20 as lead crew, Plane name was 'Homesick Angel', 2nd plane was 'Angel's Sister.
DFC; Air Medal w 5/Oak Leaf Cluster; EAME Medal & ETO medal
Died 2 January 2006
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Michael Quirk. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Niederrodenbuch on 10 Sep 44 in P=47 #4227382 He was a double ace during WW II, also flew in Vietnam. Spent a total of 30 years in the Air Force.
Died 5 January 2006
American Air Museum
Captain Richard Braley. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF,
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant 23-4-43, Designated Flight Commander D Flight 4-5-44
Promoted to Captain 25-5-44, Owner/Operator of Smit
Died 24 January 2006
American Air Museum
Major Roger Hamel. Squadron Commander - Command Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 27 January 2006
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Harry Tootell. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 12 January 2007
American Air Museum
Sergeant James Dugan. , 384th Bomb Group. Transferred out of the 384th Bomb Group to AAF Station #559 Poltava, USSR, Operation Frantic, on 14 March 1944.
Died 14 January 2007
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Victor Castillo. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4129422 'Rebel Yell. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Died 14 January 2007
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) John Kerr. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 17 January 2007
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Robert Larimer. Radio Operator, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 28 January 2007
American Air Museum
Colonel Frank Wolcott. Co-Pilot/Pilot/Squadron Operations, 466th Bomb Group. Flew 33 missions 5 March 1944 to 23 December 1944. Air offensive Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, Central Europe
DFC/ Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ EAM
Died 29 January 2007
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Pue. Navigator, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #42-29935, 'CAT'S SASS'. Plane ditched into The North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #1725.
POW
Died 2 January 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Robert Hosmer. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 January 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Armando Ruggieri. Waist Gunner/Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 January 2008
American Air Museum
Sergeant Antonio Catarella. Radio Operator, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 12 January 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Clyde Shrum. Co-Pilot/Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 January 2008
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant James Valentime. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 January 2008
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Webb Hall. , 466th Bomb Group.
Died 27 January 2008
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Klass. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Normandy with bronze star on theater ribbon-Northern France. Berlin on Mar. 22nd -Berlin Airlift. Flew 30 Missions in WW IIWon SAC Bomb. Nav Competition in 1954
Air Medal w/3Oak Leaf Cluster;
Died 29 January 2008
American Air Museum
Captain Jackson Byers. Photographic Interpreter, 7th Photographic Group. Captain Jackson G Byers served as a photographic interpreter with the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Mount Farm. Byers also served in Korea with the 67th Recon Technical Sq
Died 9 January 2009
American Air Museum
Major Wallace Blackwell. Pilot, 398th Bomb Group. 36 combat missions July to December 1944. Shot down, crew bailed out 8 August 1944, landed on our side of the front line. Tail gunner Killed in Action (KIA). Returned January 1945 to USA. Spent rest of tim
Died 14 January 2009
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Kenneth DeWire. Waist Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Kenneth DeWire served as a waist gunner with the 379th Bomb Group. He flew 30 combat missions.
Died 15 January 2009
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant John Murphy. Pilot, 381st Bomb Group. Flew 35 missions from July 1944 - March 1945 Flew on Stage Door Canteen and Boulder Buf (crashed 12/9/45
Purple Heart / Air Medal w 5/Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 19 January 2009
American Air Museum
Captain Fred Eisert. Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. 1Lt Fred J. Eisert and his crew arrived at Horsham St. Faith on September 11, 1944, just as the group was coming off of combat operations for a month in order to ferry gasoline to Patton’s army in France
Died 26 January 2009
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Alexander Daniels. S-2 Intelligence, 466th Bomb Group. Alexander "Red" Daniels served with the 466th Bomb Group as part of the S-2 Intelligence Staff.
Died 30 January 2009
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant James Carey. Tail Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He flew on Dean C. Allen crew. Reported to group on 7 Jun 1944.
Flew 25 missions as B-17 (heavy bomber) tail gunner.
Was stationed in England and flew missions over Europe.
Dis
Died 12 January 2010
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Gordon Cuneo. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Navigator on Crew #552 - Harry Taylor Crew. Was aboard when they crash landed B-24H-25-FO #42-95248 "The Falcon" at Shipdham 8 January 1945
Played college basketball for the Californi
Died 14 January 2010
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel James Ayers. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. At the age of 19 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and became an Aviation Cadet, graduating in January 1944 at Foster Field, Texas. As Cadet CO, he opted for P-51 training at Winter Hav
Died 25 January 2010
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Willard McLain. Ball Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters and flak in B-17 42-5843 SO-S, BLACK GHOST; crashed near Beauvais, France; MACR 1455. EVADED
Escape and Evasion Report Number 270
Died 25 January 2010
American Air Museum
Master Sergeant (1st Grade) Ernest Martelli. Ground Crew Chief, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 January 2011
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Forrest Jackson. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Flew a total of 32 missions, 10 of them as a lead crew Flew on 'Black Cat'
Died 29 January 2011
American Air Museum
Captain Edward Sunder. B24 Pilot, 491st Bomb Group. Edward William Sunder Jr. (February 24, 1919 - January 30, 2011) was born and raised in Webster Groves, Missouri. He graduated from Webster High School and went on to spend one year at Washington Univers
Died 30 January 2011
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) William Rye. Right Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Gelderingen on 8/15/44 in B-24 Ramblin Wreck #4128932
POW
Died 5 January 2012
American Air Museum