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).
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Locations: BERLIN (Primary) BRANDENBURG (L) BRUNSWICK (L) Brunswick, Germany MAGDERBURG (L)
Mission date: 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Forest Musgrave. Pilot, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs. Pilot of Crew #508, one of the original complement of crews that deployed with the 466th BG - 785th BS. Completed 7 missions with the 466th BG then transferred to the 44th BG
Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Flight Officer Homer Ausman. Co-Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) on mission to Brunswick, Germany. Plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Donald Chubb. Co-Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down May 1944 in B-17 #4297081. Killed in Action (KIA). His sister Mary was with the 181st Medical Division in England and was killed in a plane crash on 14 June 1944.
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Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold Eye. Pilot, 96th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42102482. Crashed west of Wolfenbuettal, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA).
Purple Heart
Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Leland Baker. Co-Pilot, 96th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42102482. Killed in Action (KIA).
Purple Heart
Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Paul Kingsley. Pilot, 458th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) on mission to Brunswick, Germany. Plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Richard Lambert. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Collided with another aircraft 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-97239. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Stephen McNally. Bombardier, 453rd Bomb Group. Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-24 #4294806. Killed in Action (KIA).
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2nd Lieutenant Stephen G. McNally was born October 8, 1921. His next of kin were his wife, Gretchen McNally, and his grand
Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Walter Owens. Co-Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Collided with another aircraft 8 May 1944 in B-17 #4297239. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Donald Gordon. Tail Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Collided with another aircraft 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-97239. Killed in Action (KIA).
PH
Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant George Hamilton. Waist Gunner, 467th Bomb Group. On return from 22 Apr 44 Hamm mission #311, at night, shot down by enemy plane over home base, WIA; later badly wounded on 8 May 44 mission and died in plane (Watts book, p93)
Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Patrick Cook. Top Turret Gunner, 458th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) on mission to Brunswick, Germany
Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Ben Wishinski. Radio Operator, 458th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) in B24 AC-42-52404. Plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Wayne Danielson. Tail Gunner/Airplane Armorer, 458th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) in B24 AC-42-52404. Plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Ernest Stone. Radio Operator, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Collided with another aircraft 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-97239. Killed in Action (KIA).
PH
Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Howard Quigley. Waist Gunner, 453rd Bomb Group. Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-24 #4250327 'Gypsy Queen. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Staff Sergeant Howard M. Quigley was born January 13, 1916. His next of kin were his wife, Helen Qu
Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant William Latta. Ball Turret Gunner, 96th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42102482. Killed in Action (KIA).
Purple Heart
Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Raymond Hunter. Flight Engineer, 458th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) in B24 AC-42-52404. Plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
Died 8 May 1944
American Air Museum
Major Vasseure Wynn. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Captain Wynn was from Dalton Georgia, and had transferred to the 4th Fighter Group from the RAF on 17 September 1943 [he had flown Spitfires in the defense of Malta with the RAF]. He flew with the 334
Died 8 May 1987
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Palmer Pontius. Bombardier, 95th Bomb Group. My father served proudly in World War II in the 8th AF, 95th BG, 336th Sq. He flew 30 bombing missions over Germany. He kept a pocket journal of his missions, which I have in my possession.
Died 8 May 1994
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Henry Grady. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 8 May 2004
American Air Museum