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).
Sergeant Ernest Arnold. Engineer, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Joined squad 26 October 1944. Shot down 28 December 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 28 December 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant James Garrett. Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Joined Sqd 10/26/44. Killed in Action (KIA) 12/28/44 (Kaiserslautern). Pilot: Bledsoe.
Died 28 December 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Nicholas Fidares. Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Joined Sqd 10/26/44. Killed in Action (KIA) 12/28/44 (Kaiserslautern) - crashed on return. Pilot: Bledsoe.
Died 28 December 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Theodore Frangos. Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Joined Sqd 9/13/44. DS/Station 113 10/27/44. Killed in Action (KIA) 12/28/44 (Kaiserslatern). Pilot: Bledose.
Died 28 December 1944
American Air Museum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS RAIL BRIDGE BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY RAIL BRID
Mission date: 29 December 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Lionel Leitner. Bombardier, 398th Bomb Group. Evaded (EVD) crashed on 29 Dec 44 in Luxembourg in B-17 'Ramprooster' #42107188 in Bingen, Germany
Died 29 December 1944
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Robert Daw. Fighter pilot, 362nd Fighter Group. Assigned to 377FS, 362FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from strafing mission, hit trees strafing armed vehicles on edge of woods. With a dead engine Lt Daws Jr bellied in successfully n
Died 30 December 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Samuel Batson. Fighter pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Fatal Crash due to Engine Failure in P-47D 42-26413 S/E of Boxted/Sta 150. 30-Dec-44. Died non Battle (DNB).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Died 30 December 1944
American Air Museum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MARSHALLING YARDS COMMUNICATIONS TARGET COMMUNICATIONS TARGET RAILROAD RAIL BRIDGE RAIL BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OIL REFINERY OIL REFINERY OIL REFINERY RADAR INSTALLATION RAIL BRIDGE RAIL BRIDGE HIGHWAY BRIDGE MARSHALLING YARD
Mission date: 31 December 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Anthony Hawkins. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. Crashed near Soltau in P-51 #4414626 Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 31 December 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Richard Engel. Fighter Pilot, . Richard Engel grew up in Roebling, New Jersey. After finishing High School, he attended classes at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina where he was a Civil Engineering major. His Freshman a
Died 31 December 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Edwin Glapa. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Delzjil in B-17 #4338845
Staff Sergeant Edwin F. Glapa was born February 12, 1922. His next of kin were his wife, Winifred Glapa, and his
Died 31 December 1944
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant William Laws. Pilot, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Records available online show that William V Laws flew at least two different B-17 Flying Fortresses, nicknamed “The Wild Hare” and “Mah Ideel”, as part o
Died 9 December 1947
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Heichel. Pilot, 491st Bomb Group. Robert Heichel attended the Windber High School during four years (his description in the Class of 1942 Yearbook : “He hath a stern look, but a merry heart.”) Before his enlistment in
Died 28 December 1947
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Avery Houchard. Left Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. B-24H #41-29416 'Rebel Yell' collided with another aircraft after being hit by flak over the target of Berlin and crashed W of Oranienburg, GR on 22 Mar
Died 28 December 1947
American Air Museum
Major Roy Graves. 472nd Sub Deport Officer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 18 December 1952
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Howard DeBoer. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Killed when his B-29 crashed trying to make an emergency landing at Guam while on a Search and Rescue mission in December 1953.
Died 17 December 1953
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Philip Spennato. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 December 1956
American Air Museum
Captain James Hodges. Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. James P Hodges Jr. served as a pilot with the 56th Fighter Group during World War II.
His P-47D-22-RE Thunderbolt (LM-Cbar, serial number 42-26060) crash-landed near Kornelimünster, Germany o
Died 27 December 1958
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Harry Miller. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-24 #4252567. Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
ATO/ GC/ EAME w/ 2 battle stars
Died 29 December 1959
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Robert Collins. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 December 1962
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Robert Chibos. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 27 December 1964
American Air Museum
Brigadier General Walter Peck. Pilot; Commanding Officer, 458th Bomb Group. BRIGADIER GENERAL WALTER R. PECK
Died December 24,1965
Walter Raymond Peck was born Jan. 15, 1896, in Lima, Ohio. He attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y
Died 24 December 1965
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Lawrence Matson. Gunner, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 13 December 1966
American Air Museum
Sergeant David Danneman. Togglier, Enlisted Nose Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29870 'Big Moose.' Prisoner of War (POW), Missing Air Crew Report #1038.
POW
Died 25 December 1967
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Harold Kendall. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Harold Kendall was assigned to the 93rd Bomber Group / 409th Bomber Squadron and flew missions from England until the 93rd was temporarily assigned to fly out of North Africa in
Died 31 December 1967
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Dell Kettering. Radio Operator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Dell Kettering was on board B-24 # 41-23740 of the 93rd Bomber Group / 409th Bomber Squadron when it was being ferried from Port Lyautey, French Morocco to England on
Died 3 December 1968
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Wayne Morgan. Pilot, . Flew P-38 Lightning with 9th Air Force In England c. 1944, Belgium c. 1945. Remained with USAF, until Vietnam when promoted to Lt Col, possibly flying B-52s. Died in Vietnam war, 1969.
Died 21 December 1969
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Orval Reeder. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down at Madgeburg on 9/11/44 in B-24 #4295258
POW
1942 USAAF Serial Numbers
2-95023/95288
Ford B-24H-25-FO Liberator - c/n 1788/2053
Pilot: First
Died 26 December 1969
American Air Museum
Colonel Oliver Bucher. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Post War: Commanding Officer 39th Air Division Jul-67. Retired from the Air Force as a Colonel.
Died 9 December 1970
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant George Ceglarski. Pilot, 355th Fighter Group. George was from Library, Pennsylvania, and arrived at the 4th Fighter Group 2 June 1944. He was there until 15 September. He was exchanged for pilots from the 355th Fighter Group that Lt Col K
Died 16 December 1970
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Richard Sponaugle. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 December 1971
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Henry Ayres. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF
Shot down by fighters on 28 Jul 43 in P-47 41-6238 near Gouda, Holland. Ayres was injured and taken to hospital. Prisoner of War (
Died 24 December 1971
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Robert Carlson. Top Turret Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #42-399974 'Punchboard'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Died 24 December 1971
American Air Museum
Captain Mahlon Mattison. Bombardier - Squadron Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 31 December 1971
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Jack Bartuska. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Served combat tours in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Retired from the USAF as a Lt. Colonel
Died 25 December 1972
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Robert Atkinson. Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97372. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew report #4349.
POW
Died 26 December 1972
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel John Meyer. Fighter Pilot, 352nd Fighter Group. John C Meyer became an Aviation Cadet and enlisted shortly after in 1939. By 1940 he had been promoted to Second-Lieutenant and was training pilots at Randolph Field, Texas. After received
Died 2 December 1975
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Chesley Robertson. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RCAF, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS 4FG 8AF USAAF, transferred to 8th AFSC, 2nd Air Base Depot.
Discharged from the USAAF in 1946
Post War:
Captain, Ethiopian Airlines/Saudi A
Died 17 December 1975
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Mark Fortune. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-24 #4252567. Landed in Switzerland. Interned.
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Colonel
Died 9 December 1977
American Air Museum
Sergeant Dominick Mupo. Engineer, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels".
Died 16 December 1977
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Waddie Doolittle. Waist Gunner, 389th Bomb Group.
Died 7 December 1979
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Herbert Lashlee. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 December 1979
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Vern Rhoades. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 December 1980
American Air Museum
Brigadier General Frederic Gray. Commanding Officer, 78th Fighter Group. Frederic C. Gray was born in 1911 near Palestine, Texas. He attended Rising Star High School and graduated in 1931 from Abilene Christian College with a bachelor of arts degree.
Af
Died 7 December 1980
American Air Museum
Captain Adrian Poletti. Chaplain, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Catholic. He married about seventy soldiers of the 306th and attached units. He was ordained a priest on 28 April 1934. He was assigned to the 306th on 08 October 1942.
Presidentia
Died 24 December 1980
American Air Museum
Captain Raymond McKeeby. Flight Surgeon, 448th Bomb Group. Flew on 4 D-Day missions.
Died 9 December 1981
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Edwin Grant. Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 13 missions. Instructor pilot in B-24 41-28718 on mission to Berlin. Attacked by Fw190's and dropped out of formation in spin with one engine kn
Died 9 December 1981
American Air Museum
Private Vivion Alvarez. Military Occupation Specialty 345-Truck Driver, Light, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 4 December 1982
American Air Museum
Major Gilbert Talbot. Pilot - C/O 355th FS, 354th Fighter Group. Pilot P-51 44-13335 'Too Bad', 355th FS, 354th FG, 9th AF, 5 kill ace. Promoted Major, took command of 355th Fighter Squadron.
Died 9 December 1982
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Stephenson. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Retired from the USAF as a Lieutenant Colonel 1966.
Died 23 December 1983
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel William Cureton. Executive Officer, 55th Fighter Group. Executive Officer, 55th Fighter Group.
Died 2 December 1984
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Melville Ball. Fighter Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x Kill. Completed tour of duty.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Died 6 December 1984
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Pete Giughello. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed into English Channel on 7/18/44 in B-24 Spare Parts #4129350
POW
Died 20 December 1984
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Lavoughn Baker. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 December 1985
American Air Museum
Corporal Leonard Ahlstrom. , 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 546th Bombardment Squadron on Gowen Field, Idaho, Special Orders #362 dated 28 December 1942, as a member of the original squadron cadre.
Died 5 December 1986
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Thomas Sellman. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 21 December 1987
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Drewry Stynchcomb. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 21 December 1987
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Charles Saxon. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Completed a 35 mission combat tour
Graduated from Columbia University
Staff Cartoonist for "New Yorker" magazine for many years after the war. Did 725 cartoons and 92 covers for the "
Died 6 December 1988
American Air Museum
Captain Oswald Masoni. Navigator, 379th Bomb Group. On July 4,1944 returning from France in "Twentieth Century" B17G#42-32000 which had lost 2 engines due to flak damage. Over England, a third engine lost power. A/c made a wheels up landing in a
Died 16 December 1988
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Joseph Conowall. Radio Operator; Waist Gunner, 458th Bomb Group. Bombing missions over Europe from December 1943 to June 1944
DFC
Died 3 December 1989
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) George Vickers. Ground Crew Aircraft Mechanic, 466th Bomb Group. While Vickers is listed as a member of the 784th BS Engineering Section as an aircraft mechanic, he may have flown practice and/or combat missions as he se
Died 24 December 1989
American Air Museum
First Sergeant (1st Grade) Locklyn Sangster. Armorer, 359th Fighter Group. Locklyn Sangster was an armourer, member of the ground crew of 359th Fighter Group / 370th Fighter Squadron.
Died 2 December 1990
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel John Woolnough. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Led his crew safely through a 30 mission tour, 7 as a lead crew. Woolnough retired from the USAF as a Lt. Colonel.
Woolnough was founder of the 466th Bomb Group Association and later the 8th
Died 9 December 1990
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Matthew McEvoy. Pilot, 381st Bomb Group. Matthew J McEvoy served as a pilot with the 381st Bomb Group from Ridgewell, Essex.
He was shot down by fighters on mission to Oscherleben on 11 January 1944 in B-17F #42-29999 'Fertile Myrt
Died 24 December 1990
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Raymond Allen. Fighter Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory.
Died 28 December 1990
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Joseph Ashenmacher. Fighter Pilot, 359th Fighter Group. Assigned to 368FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed (End) Tour Duty (ETD).
Died 6 December 1991
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Frank Leonard. Co-Pilot, 401st Bomb Group.
Died 25 December 1991
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Americo Marziale. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 30 December 1991
American Air Museum
Sergeant Philip Zahringer. MOS 901, Munitions Worker, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 14 December 1992
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Milton Carpenter. Armament Specialist, 466th Bomb Group. In addition to his armament duties, Milton Carpenter played guitar in the 466th BG band, "The Flying Deck."
Died 6 December 1993
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Paul Chaffee. Right Waist Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. On the return from a mission to Augsburg, GR on 16 Mar 1944 fighter attacks knocked out 3 engines on B-17G #42-39916 and the a/c crash-landed E of Le Treport, FR. Prisoner of War (POW).
P
Died 11 December 1993
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Lester Kurk. Tail Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He was assigned to Willard Lockyear crew. Reported to the ETO in June 1943.
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #4230779. POW at Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria
Died 16 December 1993
American Air Museum
Major George Doersch. Fighter Pilot, 359th Fighter Group. Feb. -Sept. 1945, P-51D 44-72067 'Ole Goat'
10.5
Died 1 December 1994
American Air Museum
Captain Calvin Owens. Pilot/Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Was originally the pilot of Crew #416. After being shot up badly on 11 April 1944, the crew was disbanded. After serving as 784th BS engineering officer for a time, Owens returned to combat. He fl
Died 29 December 1994
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Freeman Penney. Radio Operator, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 25 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30143 'Yankee Powerhouse.' Missing Air Crew Report #16378. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Died 14 December 1995
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Marvin Allard. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 28 December 1995
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Gerald Camp. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 28 December 1995
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Harold Thomas. Radio Operator, 34th Bomb Group.
Died 30 December 1995
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Guy Rogers. Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. B-24H #42-52515 crashed W of Berlin after exploding in mid-air due to direct hits from flak over Berlin on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Died 12 December 1996
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Keith Nelson. Airplane Armorer-Gunner, 34th Bomb Group. "Two days after I arrived at Army basic training, I was nicknamed 'Brigham' [a reference to LDS Church leader Brigham Young because of Nelson's Mormonism and its ch
Died 15 December 1996
American Air Museum
Major Gregory Daymond. Squadron Commander, 4th Fighter Group. Born in Great Falls, Montana, in November 1920, Gregory soon became known as Gus, from his middle name Augustus. He grew up in California, and upon graduating from high school he worked in t
Died 16 December 1996
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Charles Vejda. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. Evaded (EVD) Crashed at Orival on 8/13/44 in B-24 Wild Pussy #4252529
Died 17 December 1996
American Air Museum
Sergeant James Black. Military Occupation Specialty 383-Fire Fighter, 384th Bomb Group. •Promoted to Corporal on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #163 dated 9 December 1943
•Promoted to Sergeant on AF Station 106 Special Orders #31 dated 15 Februa
Died 26 December 1996
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Wiley Williams. Navigator, 96th Bomb Group. POW Crashed near Laubental in B-17 I'll Be Around on 9/10/44 Plane #4337603 Wiley's aircraft, I'll Be Around, was damaged by flak on it's 25th mission on Sept 10, 1944. T
Died 31 December 1996
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Thomas Allison. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 10 December 1997
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Marvin Tobin. Left Waist Gunner, 490th Bomb Group.
Died 11 December 1997
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Oliver Rauch. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Transferred 466th BG
Died 18 December 1997
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Lawrence Barrett. Fighter Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed tour of duty 21-Apr-45.
Awards: WWII Victory EAME.
Died 24 December 1997
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant William Pimm. Tail Gunner, . Crew member of B-24 Liberator #4111817 'Stinger' participated in the 1st Aug 43 Ploesti oil refinery raid returning safely to Libya with only one crewmember WIA.
Died 31 December 1997
American Air Museum