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 William Ruthven VC , 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion
Died 12 January 1970
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant William Dillon. Military Occupation Specialty 611-Aerial Gunner (Tail Gunner), 384th Bomb Group.
Died 12 March 1970
American Air Museum
Probationary Lieutenant Robert Grice Sturges , Royal Marines
Died 12 September 1970
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant William Territt Greswell , Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)
Died 12 February 1971
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant William Davidson Bissett VC , Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died 12 May 1971
Lives of the First World War
Private Septimus Hand 266427, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 12 August 1971
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Edward Stanley Goodland , Somerset Light Infantry
Died 12 January 1974
Lives of the First World War
Colonel David Van Epps. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Aircraft P-51B 43-6941 sustained flak hits while strafing an airdrome near Osnabruck. Van Epps pulled aircraft up and baled out at 1,000ft. POW. MACR 3749.
Awards: DFC,
Died 12 October 1975
American Air Museum
Dispenser Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie , British Red Cross Torquay Hospital
Died 12 January 1976
Lives of the First World War
Commander Hubert Edward Dannreuther , HMS Invincible, HMS Renown
Died 12 August 1977
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Robert Zobac. Waist Gunner, 445th Bomb Group. Enlisted in the USAAC on July 31, 1943. Stationed at Jefferson Barracks, MO. He entered the Aviation Cadets, Class 44-C at Washington Univ. on Sept. 9, 1943 but washed out in early 1944. On June 1, 19
Died 12 September 1977
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
Serjeant William Thomas Patch WR/126977, Royal Engineers
Died 12 December 1980
Lives of the First World War
Captain Maurice Baker. Fighter Pilot, 357th Fighter Group. Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 victory on 12 May 1944. ETD.
Died 12 January 1981
American Air Museum
Acting Lieutenant Colonel Frank Crowther Roberts VC, D.S.O., M.C. , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 12 January 1982
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Reginald Leonard Haine VC , 1st Honourable Artillery Company Attached 1st Sikhs
Died 12 June 1982
Lives of the First World War
Captain Richard Philip Hastings Eyre , Royal Army Service Corps
Died 12 August 1982
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Frederick Luke VC 71787, Royal Field Artillery
Died 12 March 1983
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal William Arnold Ridley 20481, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 12 March 1984
Lives of the First World War
Colonel Immanuel Klette. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. "One of the fliers who made it back from Pilsen [final 8th A.F. combat mission of the War] defined the uncrushable spirit of the air force that helped bring Germany to ruin. Twenty
Died 12 February 1988
American Air Museum
Private First Class Eldean Salmon. Militaru Occupation Specialty 521 - Airman Basic, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron, 384th Bombardment Group on Station 106 Special Orders #176 dated 28 December 1943.
Died 12 October 1990
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Eugene Robillard. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 12 February 1992
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Norman Rudrud. Pilot, 398th Bomb Group. air medal
Died 12 March 1994
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Harry Clark (Dolph). Left Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Evaded (EVD) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Zui Dveen on 8/15/44 in B-24 True Love #4129449
Died 12 June 1994
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) James Noe. Ground Crew Aircraft Mechanic, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 12 October 1994
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Dean Satterlee. Pilot, 379th Bomb Group. Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, married Mardelle in Carson City, NV, shipped overseas to ETO, OTU trained, assigned to 71S, transferred to 525th BS 379th BG 8th AF.
Died 12 February 1996
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
First Lieutenant Donald Gaylord. Pilot, 351st Bomb Group. Second Lieutenant Donald Gaylord from Waterloo, Iowa, was a pilot of the 351st Bomb Group, based at Polebrook in Northamptonshire from April 1943. During his second mission on 5 November 1943, Gayl
Died 12 October 1998
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Eugene Gjertsen. Navigator; Radar Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Flew about 15 missions with original crew, then transferred to 784th BS. Flew on B-24 #4251240 (on overseas movement trip from U.S. This a/c was surrendered at Valley Wales.
Died 12 November 1999
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
Lieutenant Thomas Landry. Co-Pilot, 493rd Bomb Group. Flew 30 missions. Post-war coach of Dallas Cowboys from 1960 to 1988.
Quote from New York Times article published the day after his death: "Wearing his trademark fedora and conservative suit, Lan
Died 12 February 2000
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Homer Jones. Photographic Laboratory Technician, 385th Bomb Group. As wife of Homer, I heard many stories of the 8th Air Force. He only went on a few missions; he was then told he was too valuable in the lab where he developed and proce
Died 12 December 2000
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Robert Bieber. Ball Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 12 January 2001
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Paul Dirker. Flight Eng/Crew Chief, 458th Bomb Group. Crashed at Hellesdon, Norwich after takeoff for an operational mission on 2 Mar 1944 in B-24H 41-28669. Awarded soldiers medal for heroic actions at the site of the crash. Returned t
Died 12 April 2001
American Air Museum
Sergeant David Koubeck. Tail Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. David Koubeck was Tail Gunner on board B-17 # 44-8446 of the 306th Bomb Group / 369th Bomb Squadron when it was hit by Flak on the 10 January 1945 mission to Gymnich, Germany. Dave
Died 12 November 2001
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Staten Wallace. Waist Gunner, 445th Bomb Group.
Died 12 December 2001
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Arnold Deiterman. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 12 October 2002
American Air Museum
Captain Kenneth Sorace. Fighter Pilot, Lead Pilot, Pilot, 55th Fighter Group. Shot down by ME 109 on 96th Mission, 1/14/44 (over France)Lived with French Maquis (evadee) for 3 mos. Returned to England via Italy, Algiers and Casablance. Returned to USA, Oc
Died 12 October 2003
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) LaVern Young. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 12 October 2003
American Air Museum
Captain Omar Kelsay. Pilot, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th BG 547th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #49 dated 14 March 1944, as crew pilot (as KEISAY). SO #51 dated 17 March 1944 amended last name to KELSAY. 27 combat missions.
Reported mis
Died 12 April 2004
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Walter Schutt. Navigator; Pilotage Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Flew 30 missions. 23 December 1944 Dahlhem. August 1944 over France. On 1st mission, pilot landed with all 4 engines out.
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 12 May 2004
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Morton Robinson. Radio Operator, 94th Bomb Group. Radio operator on the Linwood F McMackin crew, mostly flying Idiot's Delight.
8th Mission 12 May, 44 Target Brux, Tail end charlie-lost l/w gunner Killed in Action (KIA)-wounded ,
Died 12 June 2005
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant John Meyer. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC/ European Ribbon w/ 3 stars
Died 12 December 2005
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Harry Tootell. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 12 January 2007
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Robert Astrella. Photographic Supply, 7th Photographic Group. Staff Sergeant Robert Astrella was a keen photographer, he photographed the aircraft that visited Mount Farm, and like many airmen he used his leave to travel to historic sites a
Died 12 July 2007
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Doyle Matz. Flight Engineer, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 12 November 2007
American Air Museum
Sergeant Antonio Catarella. Radio Operator, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 12 January 2008
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Ambrose Reese. Pilot, 457th Bomb Group. Ambrose Willard Reese was born August 4, 1923, in Kingston, Pa., to the late Ambrose and Marjorie (Walters) Reese and moved to Palm Coast from Scotch Plains, N.J., in 1986. He was an Army Air Corps
Died 12 March 2008
American Air Museum
Colonel Robert Fish. 1091-Pilot, 492nd Bomb Group. Commanding Officer of 492nd BG. This group was more widely known as the 'Carpetbaggers.' The mission of this group was to air drop supplies and agents in German occupied areas of Europe during W
Died 12 October 2008
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Lewis Mixner. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 12 February 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
Staff Sergeant Kenneth Hougard. Military Occupation Specialty 612 Airplane Armorer/Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31211. With the help of friendly French Nationals, he evaded capture from 8 May 1944 until 4 July 1944 when he wa
Died 12 March 2012
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Julius Almond. , 355th Fighter Group. Assigned to 358FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 94 missions over France, Belgium, and Germany. Completed Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory.
Post War: Recalle
Died 12 June 2012
American Air Museum
Corporal Robert Fanion. Toxic Gas Handler, 390th Bomb Group. Robert Fanion served as a Toxic Gas Handler with the 878th Chemical Company at Framlingham (Parham) airfield with the 390th Bomb Group.
He was part of Crew Number 26 of the Ground Echelon.
He
Died 12 October 2012
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant William Flesher. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Flew missions over Bielefeld Bridge,Regensburg and Osnabruck
Died 12 December 2012
American Air Museum