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).
First Lieutenant George Hoidra. Navigator, 447th Bomb Group. Flew on Swanee Pride
Died 20 June 1905
American Air Museum
Pilot Officer William Arends. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, crashed in Spitfire P8595 [written off] nr Epworth, Lincolnshire, after a collision in the air with P8438 [P/O Samuel Fisk Whedon successfully deployed his chute, but
Died 20 June 1942
American Air Museum
Corporal Ivan Andes. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 20 June 1943
Died 20 June 1943
American Air Museum
George Walker. Aerial Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
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Mission date: 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant James Madara. Bombardier, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant William Saunders. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. Flew 27 combat missions
Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Elwyn Shaw. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down by flak crashed in Sweden on 6/20/44 in B-24 #4295030 Killed in Action (KIA) (franctured cranium)
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Benjamin Hodges. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 20 June 1944 in AC #4226446 near Montdidler
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Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Carl Heskamp. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down by flak and crashed in Sweden Killed in Action (KIA) In B=24 #4295030. crashed at Bulltofta
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Harry Purdy. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 20 June 1944 Shot down and crashed near Wangerin in B-24 #4295039
AM/ PH
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Joseph Papp. Bombardier, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 20 June 1944 Shot down near Wangerin in B-24 #4295039
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Traut. Navigator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down by flak and crashed in Sweden in B-24 #4295030 Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Samuel Levy. Co-Pilot, 385th Bomb Group. Plane had mechanical failure and crashed near Hamburg B17 #425985 Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Thomas Mackie. Bombardier, 487th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 20 Jun 1944 in B-24H #42-95217. Bombardier on the Arthur D. Erwin crew, 838th Bomb Squadron; killed in action on 20 June 1944 when B-24H 42-95217 was shot down by flak o
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Adm Leskis. Right Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Crashed near Wangerin on 6/20/44 in B-24 #4295039 Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Albert DeShazo. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Crashed near Wangerin on 6/20/44 in B-24 #4295039 Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Albert Fabiani. Left Waist Gunner, 489th Bomb Group. Shot down by flak and crashed at Kubitzer Boden on 6/20/44 in B-24 #4294834 Killed in Action (KIA)
Sergeant Albert J. Fabiani was born March 19, 1924, the son of Amedeo and Mary Fabiani. His h
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Roy Patterson. Gunner, 492nd Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters on 6/20/44 at Stralsund in B-24 #42110152 Killed in Action (KIA)
KIA
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Wesley Coats. Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Crashed in Sweden, instantly Killed in Action (KIA) in B-24 #4295030 on 6/20/44
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant William Moore. Ball Turret Gunner, 492nd Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters at Stralsund on 6/20/44 in B-24 #42110152 Killed in Action (KIA)
KIA
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Evert Bolte. Right Waist Gunner, 492nd Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters and crashed at Stettin on 6/20/44 in B-24 Bottle Baby #4440169 Killed in Action (KIA)
KIA
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Fairce Conner. Ball Turret Gunner, 492nd Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters and crashed at Stettin on 6/20/44 in B-24 Bottle Baby # 4440169 Killed in Action (KIA)
KIA
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) James Stuckey. Tail Gunner, 492nd Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters and crashed at Stettin on 6/20/44 in B-24 Bottle Baby #4440169 Killed in Action (KIA)
The Goodridge Crew 812 was one of the many casualties suffe
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Robert Jarrett. Tail Gunner, 491st Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). B-24J #42-110161 'Jail Bait'.
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Theodore Kossey. Top Turret Gunner, 492nd Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters and crashed at Stettin on 6/20/44 in B-24 Bottle Baby #4440169 Killed in Action (KIA)
KIA
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant John Rudisill. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down by flak and crashed in Sweden Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Charles Ippolito. Radio Operator, 492nd Bomb Group. Shot down by fighters and crashed into the Baltic Sea near Rugen Island on 6/20/44 in B-24 Bottle Baby' #4440169 Only the pilot survived, he became a Prisoner of War (
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) George Welker. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
V-1 MISSILE SITES V-1 MISSILE SITES.
Locations: PAS-DE-CALAIS PAS-DE-CALAIS
Mission date: 20 June 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Alexander Markowski. Assistant Engineer, Left Waist Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Alexander Markowski enlisted in the Air Corps in April 1942 and followed training in aerial gunnery and engineering. He graduated as a Sgt from
Died 20 June 1970
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Jesse Watson. Ball Turret Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Son of Jesse Otis and Dina Watson Sr
Died 20 June 1985
American Air Museum