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).
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY MARSHALLING YARDS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS.
Locations: BONN (Opportunistic) HAMM (CITY) (Secondary) HAMM (Primary) HAMM (Primary) HAM
Mission date: 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Stalie Reid. Pilot, 467th Bomb Group. On return from mission shot down by enemy plane over home base, See book Flight of the Intruders. Also see Watts book, p 74
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Elmer Meier. Co-Pilot, 448th Bomb Group. Killed In Action when B-24 41-28843, The Repulser, was attacked by heavily-armed ME 410 German fighters and crashed in the fields near Kessingland.
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Eugene Pulcipher. Pilot, 448th Bomb Group. Killed In Action when B-24 41-28843, The Repulser, was attacked by heavily-armed ME 410 German fighters and crashed in the fields near Kessingland.
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant George Eike. Co-Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Shot down by fighters and crashed near Macquenoise, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31499. Evaded capture for a couple months but were captu
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant George Fahr. Navigator, 448th Bomb Group. Killed In Action when B-24 41-28843, The Repulser, was attacked by heavily-armed ME 410 German fighters and crashed in the fields near Kessingland.
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant James Ferguson. Navigator, 467th Bomb Group. On return from mission to Hamm, Germany was followed by enemy and shot down over home base. see watts book, p74
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Louis Alier. Bombardier, 467th Bomb Group. On return from mission to Hamm, Germany was followed by enemy and shot down over home base. see watts book, p74
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Richard Moses. Navigator, 458th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). Plane crashed on return from misson at Horham
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Benninger. Navigator, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Shot down by fighters and crashed near Macquenoise, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31499. Evaded capture for a couple months but were
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Warren Mason. Co-Pilot, 467th Bomb Group. On return from mission to Hamm, Germany was followed by enemy and shot down over home base. See watts book, p74
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant William Carcelli. Bombardier, 448th Bomb Group. Killed In Action when B-24 41-28843, The Repulser, was attacked by heavily-armed ME 410 German fighters and crashed in the fields near Kessingland.
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant William McGlashan. Navigator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. On 9 Mar 1944 B-24J #42-100320 crashed S of Attleborough, Norfolk on the return from a mission to Hanover/Brunswick, GR. RTD. Killed in Action (KIA) 22 April 1944.
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Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Carl Spellman. Gunner, 448th Bomb Group. Killed In Action when B-24 41-28843, The Repulser, was attacked by heavily-armed ME 410 German fighters and crashed in the fields near Kessingland.
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Edward Hoke. Gunner, 467th Bomb Group. On return from mission to Hamm, Germany was followed by enemy and shot down over home base. see watts book, p74
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant John Pindroch. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Shot down by fighters and crashed near Macquenoise, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31499. Evaded capture for a couple month
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Maynard Young. Right Waist Gunner, 448th Bomb Group. Killed In Action when B-24 41-28843, The Repulser, was attacked by heavily-armed ME 410 German fighters and crashed in the fields near Kessingland.
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant William Davis. Tail Turret Gunner, 448th Bomb Group. Killed In Action when B-24 41-28843, The Repulser, was attacked by heavily-armed ME 410 German fighters and crashed in the fields near Kessingland.
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant William Durant. Left Waist Gunner, 448th Bomb Group. Killed In Action when B-24 41-28843, The Repulser, was attacked by heavily-armed ME 410 German fighters and crashed in the fields near Kessingland.
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Chester Romanosky. Radio Operator, 448th Bomb Group. Killed In Action when B-24 41-28843, The Repulser, was attacked by heavily-armed ME 410 German fighters and crashed in the fields near Kessingland.
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant John Gemborski. Waist Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Shot down by fighters on mission to Halberstadt on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17 #42-30782. Killed in Action (KIA). Sergeant Gembrowski and two others evaded until they were surrounde
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Charles Nichols. Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Shot down by fighters on mission to Halberstadt on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17 #42-30782. Killed in Action (KIA). Sergeant Nichols and two others evade
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Frank Terlesky. , 389th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Orian Owens. Top Turret Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Shot down by fighters on mission to Halberstadt on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17 #42-30782. Killed in Action (KIA). Sergeant Owens and two others evaded until they were surround
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Sylvio Dery. Flight Engineer, 467th Bomb Group. On return from mission to Hamm, Germany was followed by enemy and shot down over home base. see watts book, p74, (Crew #118-53 per SO#33)
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Walter Kovalenko. Radio Operator-Mechanic-Gunner, 467th Bomb Group. On return from mission to Hamm, Germany was followed by enemy and shot down over home base. See watts book, p74
Died 22 April 1944
American Air Museum
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
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Joseph Balistrio. Top Turret Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 22 April 1968
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
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
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
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Walter Rothenbach. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 22 April 1998
American Air Museum