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).
Staff Sergeant Harold Gayle. Miliatary Occupation specialty 502-Administrative NCO, . Assigned to Headquarters Detachment, 384th Bombardment Group effective 29 July 1944 on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #152 dated 30 July 1944.
Died 1 September 2006
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Roger Knierim. (Engineer) Left Waist gunner, 392nd Bomb Group. Roger Knierim attended Center Street Elementary School then the Mentor High School, Mentor, Ohio, graduating in 1939. He enlisted in the Air Corps in March 1942 and trained
Died 2 September 2006
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Edward Abbey. Co-pilot, 305th Bomb Group Can Do.
Died 5 September 2006
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) J.W. Lewis. Nose Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 September 2006
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Robert Wightman. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 15 September 2006
American Air Museum
Captain Alexander Rafalovich. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Alex was from San Pedro, California. He was assigned to the 4th Fighter Group, 334th Squadron in February 1943 while they were still flying Spitfires. As they were converting to P-47 Thunderb
Died 20 September 2006
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Robert Lynch. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 September 2007
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Edward Fraher. Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 6 September 2007
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Edward Magee. Navigator, 388th Bomb Group. Flew 35 missions in B-17 from 6/44-12/44. Served from 7/8/42-1/23/45.
DFC/ AM w/ 7 Oak Leaf Cluster/ EAME w/ 5 battle stars/ PUC/ ETO w/ 5 battle stars
Died 13 September 2007
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Carl Herbst. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. 30 missions in ETO
Air Medal w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC
Died 23 September 2007
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Francis Roman. Fighter Pilot, 365th Fighter Group.
Died 24 September 2007
American Air Museum
Colonel Donald Blakeslee. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Don Blakeslee was born on 11 September 1917 in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. As a boy he became captivated with planes while watching the Cleveland National Air Races held only 30 miles away from his home at
Died 3 September 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Kemal Saied. Pilot, 404th Fighter Group. Kemal flew 62 combat missions in the ETO with the 404th FG. After the war he opened clothing stores in his native Oklahoma. Both of his parents had emigrated (separately) from Lebanon near the tu
Died 4 September 2008
American Air Museum
Captain Eric Sherman. Pilot; Squadron Operations Officer, 446th Bomb Group. (Adapted from the obituary in The San Diego Union Tribune, 23 September 2008)
Born and raised in Illinois, Eric Sherman moved to San Diego in March of 1941 where he met and marrie
Died 17 September 2008
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Frank Schriner. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 5 September 2009
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant William Mullin. Waist Gunner, 94th Bomb Group. Flew on B-17 'Million Dollar Baby' completed 32 missions over Germany
Air Medal W/Oak Leaf Clusters/WW II Victory Medal
Died 6 September 2009
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Walter James. Lead Bombardier; Navigator, 398th Bomb Group. Air Medal; DFC both with Oak Leaf Cluster's
Died 9 September 2009
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Jay Kooiker. Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 21 September 2009
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Roy Evans. Radar (H2X) Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 September 2010
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Harold Weekley. Pilot, 398th Bomb Group. Harold "Hal" Weekley was shot down on 13 August 1944 on his 20th mission in B-17 42-102516, bombing a bridge at Le Manoir, France. The crew bailed out at 25,000 feet, all survived, some capture
Died 22 September 2010
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Floyd Anderson. Inspector/Quality Control Specialist, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 23 September 2010
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Michael Scalzi. Bombardier, 389th Bomb Group. Was the bombardier on Crew #403 - John C. Frazier Crew, one of the original complement of crews that deployed with the 466th BG. They flew 10 missions with the 466th BG and then were transfer
Died 1 September 2011
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) John Locke. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Completed 25 missions
Died 2 September 2011
American Air Museum
Major Chester Barnes. Fighter Pilot, 364th Fighter Group. Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 kill. ETD.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Died 13 September 2011
American Air Museum
Captain Charles Giauque. Pilot, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Born a U.S. citizen in China where his father was a professor at Shanghai University, Chuck grew up in Athens, OH, Concord, MA and Chicago, IL. He left his studies in sociology at Geor
Died 29 September 2011
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Thomas Zenick. Flight Engineer, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". He completed 25 combat missions
air Medal w 3/Oak Leaf Clusters, American Theater Ribbon with 2 bronze stars/ EAME Ribbon with 2 bronze stars and the Good
Died 1 September 2012
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant George Greene. Waist Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". December 16, 1943, on local formation training mission in B-17#42-39769 when the landing gear collapsed doing extensive damage to the a/c. 9 RTD
Died 2 September 2012
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Stone. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 September 2012
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Murray Byrd. Radio Operator Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. Flew on the Big Week missions, the first Berlin raids and the D-Day missions.
Flew the 21 June 1944 shuttle mission to Poltava
Went to Auburn University on a football scholarship.
Devote
Died 22 September 2012
American Air Museum
George Reall. Bombardier, 467th Bomb Group. Flew at least 14 Carpetbagger missions with the 492nd BG. Prior to that had flown an unknown number of combat missions with the 467th BG
Died 23 September 2012
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Michael Hoover. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Flew 30 missions, many on 'The Lemon'
DFC/ Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ American Campaign Medal/ WW II Victory Medal/ Armed Forces Reserve Medal/ 2 Battle Stars
Died 27 September 2012
American Air Museum
Captain Richard Hosman. Pilot, 398th Bomb Group. Col. USAF Ret.
Died 28 September 2012
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Watson. Pilot, 398th Bomb Group. Flew in 27 combat missions from 1944-1945. Also transported freed Prisoner of War (POW)s from Barth, Germany for transfer to France. Served as a flight surgeon after WWII, retired with rank of Lt.
Died 29 September 2012
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Francis Davison. Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. 77 combat missions. Flew 270 combat hours in P-51 Mustang.
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 29 September 2012
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Robert Aston. Navigator; Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Documents attached to database form.
DFC/ AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster
state bar of Ga honored Aston for helping veterans to acquire their medals
Died 1 September 2013
American Air Museum
Colonel John Henry. Fighter Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. John B Henry served as a pilot with the 339th Fighter Group. He flew P-51 'San Antone Rose'. Completed tour of duty April 11, 1945.
Legion of Merit w/4 Oak Leaf Cluster, DFC, Air Medal w/7
Died 2 September 2013
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Gunther Hepprich. Radio Operator, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 16 September 2013
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant William Sayle. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 19 September 2014
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Ben Kuroki. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Crew member B-24 #41-24105, flew on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, returning safely to Libya. Second generation Japanese. Finished war as one of most highly decorated sergeants
Died 1 September 2015
American Air Museum
Major General Thomas Sadler. B-17 Nose Gunner, 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few. (USAF Bio)
Major General Thomas M. Sadler is commander, 21st Air Force, with headquarters at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. It is one of three numbered air forces in th
Died 7 September 2015
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Frank Schaeffer. Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. S/Sgt Frank N. Schaeffer was Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-24 "My Peach", Serial 42-100415. On a mission to bomb the La Perthe airfield
Died 12 September 2015
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant William Francis. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Bill flew 27 missions over France and Germany as a Tail Gunner on a B-24.
in 1945 he graduated as a Flight Engineer on the B-29
Died 15 September 2015
American Air Museum