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).
Sergeant Elwood Baber. , 384th Bomb Group. Promoted to Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #40 dated 1 July 1943.
Died 8 October 1968
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) John Chismar. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 October 1969
American Air Museum
William Douglas. Marshall of RAF, . Marshal of the Royal Air Force William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside GCB MC DFC was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. After serving as a pilot, then a flight commander and finally as a squadr
Died 29 October 1969
American Air Museum
Sergeant James Kay. Airplane and Engine Mechanic, 55th Fighter Group. EAME Medal w/6 bronze stars; Good Conduct Medal; Dist. Unit Badge w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster;
Died 9 October 1970
American Air Museum
Sergeant (Technician Fourth Grade) James Blakney. Ground Crew Aircraft Mechanic, 466th Bomb Group. Was on the original orders activating the 466th BG on 22 August 1943
Died 2 October 1971
American Air Museum
Sergeant August Ackerman. Military Occupation Specialty 867 - Radar Mechanic, Bombardment, 482nd Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group from the 482nd Bomb Group on AAF Station 106 SO #147 dated 25 July 1944.
Died 20 October 1971
American Air Museum
Major General Don Ostrander . Ordnance and Armament Officer, . General Ostrander was born in Stockbridge MI, attended local schools and studied engineering at Western State College, MI. He entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in June 1933 and g
Died 26 October 1972
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Ammon. Fighter Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. Assigned to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed (End) 1st Tour of Duty (ETD). 2nd tour 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF US
Died 29 October 1973
American Air Museum
Colonel John Wright. Intelligence Officer, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. 16 April 1942 he volunteered for war service. He went on active duty as a captain in the USAF and was ordered to Officers' Training School. In June 1942, he was sent to t
Died 22 October 1974
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Harry McKnight. Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group on Gowen Field (Boise, Idaho) Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, Elwood Kowalski Crew, 1 combat mission.
Original Crew #13. Prisoner of War (POW). Shot do
Died 27 October 1974
American Air Museum
Sergeant Michael Camporese. Sorting Mail, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Photographed by Current Affairs photographers, sorting mail in a post room on 28 Jan 1943.
Died 31 October 1974
American Air Museum
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
Captain John Garison. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Lead Crew Pilot
Died 25 October 1975
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Lyle Hampton. Welder/Sheet metal , 466th Bomb Group.
Died 7 October 1976
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Bates. Fighter Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x kill. Completed tour of duty.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME, Korean and UN service medals.
Post war: Remained in USAF, serving in Korea a
Died 19 October 1976
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Miles Henneman. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 October 1977
American Air Museum
Major Henry Ingalls. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Aircraft P-51 43-6573 struck by flak and downed while strafing Langensalza Airdrome, crashing in an open field 1.5 miles east of the airdrome. Seen leaving wreck and
Died 20 October 1977
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Charles Harre. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Died 27 October 1977
American Air Museum
Major Willard Millikan. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Born 4 October 1918 in Hamburg, Iowa, Willard grew attended Peru State College. He wanted to join the Army Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet. In order to be accepted into the programme he needed exten
Died 20 October 1979
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel William O'Regan. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, service pilot training, shipped overseas to ETO, OTU training, assigned to 71S, transfer to 334th FS, 4th FG,
334 FS 16-9-42 / 7-10-43, Designated Flight Commander B
Died 10 October 1980
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Edward Tokarsky. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 3 October 1981
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Robert Sanders. Flight Engineer, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 8 October 1981
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Albert Tatkin. Assistant Engineering Officer, 384th Bomb Group. Engineering Officer served in the 544th Squadron and the 546th Squadron.
Died 30 October 1982
American Air Museum
Pilot Officer Robert Sweeny. Adjutant [71S] / Pilot, . Robert J V Sweeny, DFC, was a champion golfer, Adjutant of 71[Eagle] Sqn RAF, RAF Coastal command bomber pilot [where he won his DFC], and younger brother of Charles Sweeny, founder of the famous RAF
Died 21 October 1983
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Rosaire Biladeau. Co-Pilot, 388th Bomb Group.
Died 1 October 1984
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Hank Johnson. Engineer / Top Turret Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Shot down 5 November 1943. B-17 "Flak Suit" # 42-30789 of 388th Bomb Group/563rd Bomb Squadron. EVADED. Hank Johnson landed near the Neerstraat in Waasmunster, East
Died 3 October 1984
American Air Museum
Captain Clark Hawes. Pilot, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. On 21 Jan 1944, F-5B (P-38) 42-67362 lost an engine and made a wheels up landing at RAF Bradwell Bay on return from photo recon mission over enemy territory. RTD.
Died 9 October 1985
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Hilborn. Pilot, 7th Photographic Group. Shot down on photo recon mission to Stuttgart by Lt Alfred Schreiber (EKdo 262) in Me262A-1a, WerkNr. 110372, white 3 over Lechfeld at 14:40, pilot 2nd Lt Robert B Hilborn bailed and capture
Died 14 October 1985
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Leonidas Cook. Waist Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He began his missions on 13 May 1943. He was first assigned to Lt. William Price crew, but was broken up because of tail gunner being hospitalized. Then he joined Lt. Sher
Died 14 October 1987
American Air Museum
Captain Charles Sumner. Pilot, 357th Fighter Group. Planes flown: Bat Cave, Pride of the Yanks. 4 1/2 confirmed kills.
Numerous
.5 victory on 11 Apr 1944, 4 other confirmed kills, 2 unconfirmed 'probables'
Died 21 October 1987
American Air Museum
Major Jack Beard. Squadron Executive Officer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 24 October 1987
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Clinton Coughlin. Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He flew on Cecil McKinney crew. Reported to the ETO on 12 Apr 1944. Departed ETO on 25 Sept 1944.
Died 10 October 1988
American Air Museum
Captain Jacob Epting. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Jacob Epting is listed as Jake Jr in the US 1940 census and his Father as Jake. NARA’s WWII Enlistment records have him as Jacob. Jacob/Jake Jr graduated from Tupelo High School in 1
Died 22 October 1988
American Air Museum
Willis Greaser. Pilot, 491st Bomb Group. 33 missions.
American Campaign Medal/ WW II Victory Medal/ European Campaign Medal
Died 16 October 1989
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Donald Poutry. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Flew one mission with his crew and was reassigned.
Died 23 October 1989
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Woodward. Co-Pilot, 491st Bomb Group.
Died 31 October 1989
American Air Museum
General Curtis LeMay. Commanding General, 305th Bomb Group Can Do. 306th Temporary Deputy Commander at Wendover, then transferred as Group Commander of 305th BG 4-Jun-42 to 15-May-43.
Commanding General of the 3rd Air Division 13 September 1943 to 20 Jun
Died 1 October 1990
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
Sergeant William Genette. Ball Turret Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #838
POW
Died 17 October 1990
American Air Museum
Private Ernest Johnson. Military Policman, . Ernest Johnson enlisted in the US Army in October 1940. He was sent overseas and was stationed in London as a member of the Arcadia 32nd Military Police (MP) company, National Guard, when he met WAAF Dorothy De
Died 10 October 1991
American Air Museum
Wing Commander Raymond Duke-Woolley. Pilot / Wing and later Group commander, 4th Fighter Group. Took command of Debden Wing [3 x Eagle Sqn]
Transferred to command 4th FG USAAF as an RAF officer, 12 September 1942 — December 1942. RAF Squadron Leader
Died 10 October 1991
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Leonard Badolato. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 October 1991
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Russell Shafer. Waist Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. He flew on Thomas Hedley crew. Reported to the ETO On 28 Nov 1944. Departed the ETO on 19 May 1945.
AM 3OLC,
Died 10 October 1992
American Air Museum
Colonel Preston Piper. Pilot, 385th Bomb Group. More than anything, he loved to fly. In high school in Santa Ana, he was part of a club that built a glider plane. I have home movies he made flying over the orange groves in Santa Ana, California in the mid
Died 16 October 1992
American Air Museum
Colonel Eugene Romig. Commanding Officer, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". 13 Feb-42 Assigned as Operations Officer of 303 Bomb Group at Pendleton Field, Pendleton, Oregon with the rank of Major. 15-Sep-42 appointed Commanding Office of 3
Died 17 October 1992
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Linn Rogers. Pilot, 398th Bomb Group. My Uncle Linn was born and raised in Indiana. His family is extremely proud of his service for our country. He flew 35 missions over France, Czechoslovakia, and Germany, beginning on 1 July, 1944 a
Died 20 October 1992
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Marlyn Briggs. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 4 October 1993
American Air Museum
Major John DuFour. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, transferred to 336th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF.
Commander of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4 Mar 1943 - 1 Sep 1943.
Served in the Korean War, Commanding Officer, ENT AFB, Colora
Died 7 October 1993
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant George Weller. Bombardier, 389th Bomb Group.
Died 28 October 1993
American Air Museum
Colonel George Colchagoff. Pilot, . Pilot B-24 #41-23733 'Skipper' flew on 1st Aug 43 low level Ploesti oil refinery raid, A/C developed mechanical problems and had to abort the mission. Captain later Colonel, Colchagoff was a career USAAF offic
Died 9 October 1994
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) James Noe. Ground Crew Aircraft Mechanic, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 12 October 1994
American Air Museum
Colonel Harold Bowman. Commanding Officer, 401st Bomb Group. Commanding Officer of 401st BG from June 1943 to 5 December 1944.
On 26 Nov 1943, he led the mission and although the visibility was not too good, we saw a thick band of fire spreading over th
Died 23 October 1994
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Galen Hufford. Transportation Officer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 2 October 1995
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Leslie Peterson. Radio Operator/Gunner, 457th Bomb Group. Leslie R Peterson served as a radio operator/ gunner with the 457th Bomb Group. He completed 35 combat missions between 1 August 1944 and 31 December 1944. Twenty of his 35 missi
Died 14 October 1995
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Leonard Woloszyk. Engineer Gunner/Armorer, 384th Bomb Group.
Died 15 October 1995
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Theodore Kellers. Top Turret Gunner, 96th Bomb Group. Shot down 20 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30372 'Shack Rabbit III. ' Evaded (EVD) from Belgium with the help of the Comet evasion network. Handed over by Comet to another line,
Died 16 October 1995
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant James McMahon. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Post War: Remained in the Air Force; flew in Korea. 1965 Retired from the USAF as a Lieutenant Colonel.
Died 18 October 1995
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Arthur Bryant. Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 19 October 1995
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) William Estep. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 30 October 1995
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant William Binnebose. Right Waist Gunner, 95th Bomb Group. Served 3 March 1942-1 January 1946. Flew 9 missions, not all on Our Bay-Bee. WIA 26 Jul 1943 B-17 #42-30274. Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #4230274 'Our Bay-Bee. ' Pri
Died 9 October 1996
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Carlton Gibbs. Radar (H2X) Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 10 October 1996
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Edward Tappan. Co-Pilot, 801st Bomb Group. Born and raised in North Carolina, Ed Tappan and his family moved to Arizona in 1931. Ed attended the Evans School for Boys in Tucson and competed on the school’s early rodeo teams. He stu
Died 10 October 1996
American Air Museum
Captain Robert Adamina. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Robert Adamina served as a pilot with the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group. He was shot down on 14 May 1943 in P-47C (serial number 41-6198). He became involved in a dogfight with FW190's in
Died 30 October 1996
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Seymour Cohen. Navigator, 453rd Bomb Group. Seymour's father was a Romanian Jew, his mother Austrian. With the exception of one brother, her family all died in the Holocaust. Seymour was a lawyer, passing the New Jersey Bar in 1938.
Died 4 October 1997
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Thomas Underwood. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Aircraft P-51B 43-24793 struck by shipboard flak just off the coast of Varhaug, Norway shortly after completing escort for RAF Beaufighters attacking
Died 4 October 1997
American Air Museum
Captain Francis McCullagh. Pilot, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Flew 18 missions as copilot on Arthur Mack crew. He left Thurleigh in February 1945. He completed approx. 50 missions from 11 Dec 1943 to 28 Jan 1945, which resulted in 2 tours of du
Died 8 October 1997
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Kennard Underwood. Navigator, 466th Bomb Group. 35 missions 8/26/44-3/2/45. 1 'no ball' ski target France, the rest over Germany, 1 dep. sqd. lead, 2/22/45--took lead. Witnessed 787th sq. mid-air collision 9/44
AM 4Oak Leaf Clu
Died 14 October 1997
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant James Grimmett. Military Occupation specialty 757-Radio Operator/Mechanic/Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31211, RENO'S RAIDER. Prisoner of War (POW).
Died 16 October 1997
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant John Yokie. 1091 Pilot, 2nd Bomb Group. Transferred from the 15th Air Force 2nd BG 20th BS and assigned to the 384th BG 544th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #38 dated 26 February 1944, as crew pilot
Died 18 October 1997
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Herbert Rosenkoff. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 20 October 1997
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Barkev Hovsepian. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group. Flew 35 missions and 3 fuel haul missions to Patton's army in Spet 1944. Crash landed at Manson after preparing to ditch in channel.
In a B-24, the R/O had to concentrate on the
Died 22 October 1997
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
Captain Frank Stillwell. Fighter Pilot, 339th Fighter Group. Frank M Stillwell served as a fighter pilot with the 339th Fighter Group between June 14, 1944-and February 23, 1945. His hometown was Prospect Plains, NJ.
There is a photo of him on page 119 o
Died 18 October 1998
American Air Museum
Captain Robert Sheehan. Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Lead Crew Pilot 30 missions. At Zwishennan, Germany Air Field lost #2 Engine lost main control cables. Switched on Auto Pilot cables. Maintained the group lead position - fixed main cables and returned to E
Died 23 October 1998
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Thomas McDill. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned 336FS, 4FG 8AF USAAF. 30 combat missions. On an escort mission 15 miles NW of Stuttgart, shot down in P-51 43-6633 by Luftwaffe Leutnant Franz Koplik who was flying a Bf109G-6. POW (Stala
Died 28 October 1998
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Dale Hapner. Gunner, 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs.
Died 28 October 1998
American Air Museum
Murdock Barrineau. , . Murdock and twin brother Thomas Barrineau lived in Waycross, Georgia with their parents and younger sister Stella. Both brothers attended the Waycross High School and after their graduation the family moved to Naples, Florida. Murd
Died 1 October 1999
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Wilcox. Bombardier, 351st Bomb Group. Bob Wilcox enlisted in the National Guard at Decatur in 1941. Training as a bombardier in the Army Air Corps, he graduated from the bombardier school at Childress, Texas and was commissioned a
Died 1 October 1999
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant John Murchake. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory.
Died 7 October 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Mearl Houck. Aerial Engineer; Top Turret, 390th Bomb Group. 21 October 1943 B17#42-3327 'Tete T'Mete' was retuning to base when mission was abandoned with full bomb load and fuel tank. Tire blew out on landing with heavy
Died 10 October 1999
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Edwin Zisler. Mechanic; Gunner, 452nd Bomb Group. EAME ribbon w 4 battle stars; Overseas Serv. Bar; Purple Heart; Air Medal w 4/Oak Leaf Cluster; DFC
Died 18 October 1999
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Jesse LeBlanc. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 25 October 1999
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Wallace Tyner. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252610 'The Madam. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Died 4 October 2000
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Ramon Manuz. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 October 2001
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) George Owen. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 9 October 2001
American Air Museum
Colonel Albert Shower. Group commander, 467th Bomb Group. Colonel Shower had the unique distinction of being the only commander of a Group that flew from the U S to Europe, stayed in command until the war was over, flew on many missions with the Group and
Died 15 October 2001
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Arnold Deiterman. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 12 October 2002
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Oakie Triplett. Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. (Crew #118-25 per SO#33)
Died 22 October 2002
American Air Museum
Major Mack McKay. Pilot ; Squadron Commander, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Strong notes that CPT. McKay was transferred to the 368th as a squadron leader prior to May 1. The previous summer, he and a Lt. Felts buzzed the Queen Elizabeth in their n
Died 25 October 2002
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Elliott. Squadron Commander - Command Pilot - Pilot, 466th Bomb Group. Brigadier General Frank B. Elliott was born in Washington, D.C., in 1917. He graduated from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., with a degree in chemical engi
Died 26 October 2002
American Air Museum
Captain Lewis Skelton. Assistant Engineering Officer - Sub Depot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 29 October 2002
American Air Museum