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).
Second Lieutenant Lyman Bates. , 445th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 22 April 1945. in noncombat training flight in England when his plane crashed and burned.
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 22 April 1945
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Cecil McKinney. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He reported to the ETO on 12 Apr 1944. He transferred back stateside to be trained in B-29s and on 24 Apr 1945 on a training mission over the Gulf of Mexico. Plane crashed due
Died 24 April 1945
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Leigh Slates. Pilot, 17th Bomb Group. 1st Lieutenant Leigh Slates was born December 24, 1919. His next of kin were his wife, Glennadine Slates, and his parents, Leigh and Almira Slates. He was from Palmyra, Missouri.
On April 24, 1945, h
Died 24 April 1945
American Air Museum
Flight Officer John Halbert. Co-Pilot, 398th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) near Pilsen in B-17 #4297266 Hit by flack over target area
Died 25 April 1945
American Air Museum
MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS AIRFIELD ARMAMENT PLANT FIGHTER SWEEP MARSHALLING YARDS ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS.
Locations: BAD REICHENHALL HALLIEN PILSEN PILSEN/SKODA PRAGUE-LINZ SALZBURG TRAUNSTEIN
Mission date: 25 April 1945
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Edward Carroll. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 25 April 1945
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Charles Walker. Ball Turret Gunner, 398th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) near Pilsen in B-17 'Stinky Jr' #4338652 Hit by flack over target area.
Died 25 April 1945
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Francis Proteau. Co-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).
Died in a c
Died 11 April 1946
American Air Museum
Captain Shelton Monroe. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Captain Monroe was from Waycross, Georgia. He entered the 4th Fighter Group, 334th Squadron in January 1944, where he was assigned until January 1945, when he was transferred to the 335th Squadron
Died 17 April 1951
American Air Museum
Colonel James Hall. Commanding Officer, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. See the book 'The Eyes of the Eighth' by Patricia Keen in which there are some 20 references to Hall. Also 9 pictures
ETO Ribbon, Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Cluster, Disti
Died 19 April 1952
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Maurice Booska. , 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG 547th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #141 dated 12 November 1943, as crew pilot. He served two tours with the 384th Bomb Group and flew 47 combat missions.
Died 23 April 1953
American Air Museum
General Hoyt Vandenburg. Commanding General 9th Air Force, . Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg (January 24, 1899 – April 2, 1954) was a U.S. Air Force general, its second Chief of Staff, and second Director of Central Intelligence.
During World War II, Vande
Died 2 April 1954
American Air Museum
Sergeant John Puskas. Ball turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 544th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #116 dated 19 June 1944, William F. Combs Crew. Two combat missions.
Died 4 April 1955
American Air Museum
Colonel Robert Stephens. Pilot, 354th Fighter Group. Robert W Stephens flew 80 combat missions over Germany in World War II and had a total of 241 combat hours.
He enlisted in Feb 1942 and by 1944 had advanced to the rank of Lt Colonel and was commander o
Died 6 April 1960
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel DeLynn Anderson. Fighter Pilot, 20th Fighter Group. Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed (End) Tour of Duty (ETD). Returned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF for 2nd tour. Squadron C/O. End of War
Died 20 April 1961
American Air Museum
Captain Joseph Matthews. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Pilot Spitfire/P-47 Thunderbolt Joined RAF, assigned to 133 Sqn RAF, 42 to 10/42. transferred to 336th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF. Shot down in P-47 #42-7949 during show escorting B-17’s to Paris area, 16-8
Died 7 April 1963
American Air Museum
Major Wilfred Crutchfield. Fighter Pilot, 362nd Fighter Group.
Died 15 April 1968
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Joseph Balistrio. Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 22 April 1968
American Air Museum
Corporal Anthony Bacchi. MOS 901, Munitions Worker, 384th Bomb Group. Military Occupation Specialty changed from 900 to 901, Munitions Worker on Station 106 Special Order #32, 17 February 1944.
Died 26 April 1968
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Jacob Martinez. Ball Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29870 'Big Moose. ' Prisoner of War (POW). Earlier on 4 Oct 43 on a mission to Frankfurt, B17#42-30043 'Ruthless' ditched in Nor
Died 13 April 1969
American Air Museum
Wing Commander Peter Wickham. Pilot / Wing Commander, Headquarters Squadron (4th Fighter Group). Wing Commander RAF, on DS (Detached Service) with the 4th from #2 TEU (Tactical Exercise Unit) where he was Chief Flying Instructor. 9 x missions [4FG].
Sep-4
Died 29 April 1970
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) George Strickland. Top Turret Gunner, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 5 April 1972
American Air Museum
Lee Carson. , . Lee Carson attended Smith College, Chicago, aged 14 and left, aged 16 to become a reporter for the Chicago Times. In 1940 she joined the International News Service, she was made a War correspondent in 1943.
Carson was dubbed by her coll
Died 5 April 1973
American Air Museum
Sergeant Nile Layman. , 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 54th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group on 1 April 1943.
Died 27 April 1975
American Air Museum
Master Sergeant Leroy Young. Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. B-17 #423213 ditched in North Sea due to mechanical failure on 16 August 1943. Returned to base. Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #423079. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Died 16 April 1976
American Air Museum
Captain Edward Gimbel. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Initially assigned to 401 Sqn as Flight Sgt having first passed through 53 OTU, Aston Down. Gained 5 victories as a Flight Lt whilst flying for 403 Sqn RCAF. Transferred to 421 Sqn RCAF as flight co
Died 25 April 1977
American Air Museum
Flying Officer Donald Willis. Pilot, 20th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 121S, transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF, transferred to VIII Fighter Command, 67th Fighter Wing Operations. Flew with the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group at Ki
Died 27 April 1977
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Max Weinstein. Bombardier, 385th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 December 1943 in B-17 #423488. Prisoner of War (POW).
His Aircraft crashed in the Friesland area of the Netherlands where he was cared for by the Dutch Underground for Six Months b
Died 30 April 1977
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Stanley Reuben. Tail 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. Earlier, on 4 Oct 1943 returning from mission to Frankfurt, B17 #42-300
Died 8 April 1978
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Gordon Dennis. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Retired from the USAF as a Lt. Colonel
Died 22 April 1978
American Air Museum
Sergeant David Blodgett. Left Waist Gunner, 94th Bomb Group. David C. Blodgett grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He attended Franklin High School there and enlisted in the Air Corps in October 1942. In February 1944, he was stationed with the 305th Bomb Grou
Died 1 April 1979
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Robert Mains. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 April 1979
American Air Museum
Brigadier General Edward Anderson. Commanding General, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to HQ Sqn, 4FG, 8AF USAAF Commanding Officer. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 65FW, 8AF USAAF. End Tour of Duty (ETD).
In July 1943 he returned to the United States and became chi
Died 12 April 1979
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Henry Spohrer. Navigator, B17 Flying Fortress, 388th Bomb Group. Crew Number 23
On April 6, 1942, Henry Spohrer enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps from Monroe, LA. Later that year he was posted to Kelly Field near San Antonio, TX to beg
Died 19 April 1979
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Anthony LaSalle. Flight Engineer, Waist Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Anthony LaSalle served as a flight engineer and waist gunner for the 379th Bomb Group.
Died 27 April 1979
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Montgomery Givens. Pilot, 388th Bomb Group. Shot down in a frontal attack by fighters on the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31135 'Suzy Sagtitz' crashed near Schoonebekerveld, Holland. Pr
Died 1 April 1980
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Anastasio. Squadron Commander - Command Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. 786th Bomb Squadron Commander
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel
Died 1 April 1982
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Paul Overbaugh. Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Orginal Crew #8. Shot down 29 July 1943 in B-17 42-29700 which crashed near Schleswig. Prisoner of War (POW). No MACR found
Died 15 April 1982
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph West. 466th BG Executive Officer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 April 1982
American Air Museum
Colonel Budd Peaslee. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. First Commanding Officer of 384th Bomb Group and instigator of the Scouting Force concept, to enable the bomber stream to change course in good time if target area was obscured.
Activated on 1st December 194
Died 3 April 1983
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Leland Rath. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Leland Rath was assigned to the 93rd Bomb Group. He served in Europe and North Africa and was awarded the Air Medal. He served also in Korea and was Commander of the 4th Weather Squadro
Died 19 April 1983
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Clifford Coates. Aircraft Oxygen System Specialist, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 2 April 1986
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Michael Chodan. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 13 April 1986
American Air Museum
Captain Raymond Care. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Captain Raymond Clare was from Angola, Indiana, and had enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force before the United States' entry into the war. He arrived in England in March 1942 and
Died 3 April 1987
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Paul Hardesty. Aerial Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 April 1987
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold Bauer. Fighter pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Upon landing after a local test flight on 29 Feb 1944, P-38J 42-67749 nosed over at the end of the runway due to a flap malfunction. Returned to Duty (R
Died 10 April 1988
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Charles Shilke. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. 1st Lt. Shilke few a P-51 Mustang named "Black Lace", and his Crew Chief was S/Sgt John Ganofsky.
Post War: Worked at University Park Airport i
Died 22 April 1988
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Thomas Clarkson. Engineering Clerk, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 28 April 1988
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant George Hodgson. Tail Gunner, 387th Bomb Group. Prisoner of War (POW).Shot down 2-Sep-43 in B-26B 41-31629 'Janet's Dream' while serving as Tail Gunner. Aircraft was on a mission to bomb the German airfield of Lille/Nord AF wh
Died 4 April 1989
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Eacott Allen. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Eacott Garvin Allen (listed as Garvin Allen in the US 1930 Census for Robstown, Nueces County, Texas, where his widowed mother is listed as Lucy L. Allen) was born and raised in Texas. His
Died 14 April 1989
American Air Museum
Sergeant Merle Eastin. MOS 055, Clerk, General, 384th Bomb Group. Promoted to Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Order #102 dated 1 June 1944.
Died 29 April 1989
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Abe Frost. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 April 1990
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Adolph Pesicka. Crew Chief, 7th Photographic Group.
Died 17 April 1990
American Air Museum
Major Allan Richardson. Intelligence, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". He served in the RCAF during WWI as a pilot. Assistant. Intelligence Officer. He was the intelligence officer for Charles Cramner crew; he did the briefing and debriefi
Died 22 April 1990
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Donat Heon. Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He flew on Arthur Crapsey crew. Reported to group on 19 Nov 1943. He was seriously wounded on 22 Dec 1943 and transferred to the 49th Station Hospital on
Died 22 April 1990
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Arthur Bowers. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Lt. Bowers was from Tiskilwa, Illinois, and was assigned to the 4th Fighter Group, 334th Squadron on 16 November 1944. He remained there until the end of the war.
He flew a P-51 Mustang QP-
Died 29 April 1990
American Air Museum
Homer Bigart. , 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, who in 1942 was invited to become a war correspondent, one of eight journalists known as The Writing 69th, sent to the UK to fly with the US Arm
Died 16 April 1991
American Air Museum
Captain Donald Barber. Fighter Pilot, 353rd Fighter Group. Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended 2 Tours of Duty.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Died 15 April 1992
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Vernon Hayden. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 30 April 1992
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Thomas Fyock. Radio Operator/Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 14 April 1993
American Air Museum
Captain Richard Alexander. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in October 1940, and was awarded his pilot wings on September 15, 1941, joining the 133 Eagle Squadron in England. Alexander was credited with destroying 1 enemy a
Died 19 April 1993
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant George Ruckman. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group.
3 Feb 1945, B-17 44-6592 (Stardust) was damaged by flak over Berlin. The pilot, 2nd Lt. George F. Ruckman, flew the damaged a/c behind Soviet lines and force landed at an airfield near Torun, Pol
Died 20 April 1993
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Charles Ritchie. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 April 1995
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant James Williamson. Tail Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Staff Sergeant James E. Williamson was awarded the Silver Star for heroism on a mission to Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany on 24 April 1944.
Died 14 April 1995
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Edward Wozniak. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. End Tour of Duty (ETD). Re-assigned to Training Unit.
Died 15 April 1995
American Air Museum
Captain Eugene Andermatt. Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed (End) Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory.
Died 28 April 1995
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Harley Hallam. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #143, Extract, dated 17 November 1943, Norman Defrees Crew (as 'H A L L U M'
Died 1 April 1996
American Air Museum
Major Philip Algar. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Flew 25 combat missions with the 384th bombardment Group from 22-Jun-43 to 4-Mar-44. Detached service (DS) with 1st Scouting Force. Transferred to 857BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF flying Elint Droopsnoot P-38 lightning
Died 10 April 1996
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Alfred Fedorka. Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He flew on William Casseday and Clifford McBride crews. Reported to the ETO on 31 Oct 1943.
AM 3OLC, DFC,
Died 17 April 1996
American Air Museum
Captain Julius Klinkbeil. Navigator/Squadron Navigator, 389th Bomb Group.
Died 20 April 1996
American Air Museum
Captain Charles Patten. Adjutant, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. On his 6th mission, he flew as waist gunner on Lt. Wililam H. Marcotte crew on the 13 June 1943 Bremen mission. According to Strong: 'Patten had visions of being a flyer himself;
Died 7 April 1997
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) James Dobyns. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 19 April 1997
American Air Museum
Captain Oliver Whittington. Group Armament Officer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 28 April 1997
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant John Hebert. Tail Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. 11 January 1945, James F. Wilson and crew, including tail gunner John R. Hebert, flew a bombing mission over Hamburg. Targets were German submarine bases. Anti-aircraft shell made a direct hit on
Died 28 April 1997
American Air Museum
Private First Class Rufas Austin. Military Occupation Specialty 060-Cook, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #176 dated 28 December 1943.
Died 29 April 1997
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Henry Northrop. Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. Crashed in Blick, Germany, near the village Süderbrarup in Schleswig-Holstein on 6/18/44 in B-24 “Rhapsody in Junk.” POW at Stalag Luft III and Stalag VII-A.
Henry Northrop'
Died 6 April 1998
American Air Museum
Colonel Jack Jenkins. Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Coulommiers on 10 Apr 44 in P-38 'Texas Ranger' #42-67825. MACR 3620.
Awards:
20 Nov 1943 - Air Medal
6 Dec 1943 - Oakleaf Cluster [to AM]
20 Dec 1943 - Oakleaf
Died 9 April 1998
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Leon Blanding. Fighter Pilot, 495th Fighter Training Group. Leon Blanding joined the RCAF and began flying as a sergeant pilot with No. 121 'Eagle' Squadron, and he rose to the rank of Major over the course of two tours with t
Died 15 April 1998
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Myles Coolidge. Co-Pilot, 467th Bomb Group.
Died 16 April 1998
American Air Museum
Captain Robert Lamb. Pilot, 389th Bomb Group. he was assigned in 1944 for overseas duty in England with the Eighth Air Corp. had completed 27 combat missions and 170 combat hours as a B-24 pilot. On July 31, 1944 he and his crew were on loan to the 389th
Died 20 April 1998
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Walter Rothenbach. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 22 April 1998
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Albert Ramm. Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Albert Ramm was a Pilot in the 55th Fighter Group / 338th Fighter Squadron. Assigned to the Squadron on 11 August 1944, he flew a total of 67 missions and is listed as a Flying Ace, credited with :
Died 2 April 1999
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Arden Mills. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Completed 25 missions before being seriously wounded
Died 13 April 1999
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) Aloysius McCloskey. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Waist gunner on B-24 Liberator, bailed out 20 February 1945 after the control cables on his a/c snapped over Belgium.
Died 13 April 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Paul Kochenash. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. After the war he was a design draftsman for Mack Trucks for 22 years.
Died 14 April 1999
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Otto Krause. Navigator, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Whilst flying on a mission over the Rhine on, 6 January 1945. Krause's Aircraft was flying alongside B-17 "Little Miss Mischief" flown by 1Lt Herman W. Balaban&
Died 15 April 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Frederick Bradley. Top Turret Gunner, 398th Bomb Group. My Dad flew with the Howard Traeder crew, 24 missions from 1/45 to 4/45 24th mission was supposed to be a milk run however it didn't turn out that was. The 398th's B-17
Died 15 April 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Roy Latham. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 18 April 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Clyde Bush. Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air crew Report #838.
POW
Died 20 April 1999
American Air Museum