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 Charles Agbashian. Pilot, 27th Air Transport Group. Died Non-Battle (DNB) - Killed on Take Off in a P-38 when he shut off fuel switch instead of booster pump.
Died 12 October 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Frank McGowan. Navigator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 12 October 1944 Crashed at Osnabruck in B-24 #4250606
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Died 12 October 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Herminio Rodriguez. Tail Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Osnabruck in B-24 'Off Limits Again' #4294974
Died 12 October 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) Wallace Faires. Left Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Osnabruck in B-24 'Off Limits Again' #4294974
Died 12 October 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) William Hergenhan. Right Waist Gunner, 466th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Osnabruck in B-24 'Off Limits Again' #4294974
Died 12 October 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Edwin Novick. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 12 October 1944 Crashed at Osnabruck in B-24 #4250606
AM/ PH
Died 12 October 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Elmer Krummert. Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Osnabruck in B-24 #4250606
Died 12 October 1944
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Charles Fortin. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 12 October 1944 Crashed at Osnabruck in B-24 #4250606
AM/ PH
Died 12 October 1944
American Air Museum
Ateljé Mira. Beställare: Carl-Gustav Zetterberg, Ingeborg Andersson. Residensgatan 6, Vänersborg.
14 October 1944
Vänersborgs museum
Ateljé Mira. Beställare: Ester Larsson, Victor Larsson. Gullholmen.
14 October 1944
Vänersborgs museum
Ateljé Mira. Beställare: J.A Larsson, Gerda Appelgren. Storgatan 11, Vänersborg.
14 October 1944
Vänersborgs museum
Captain Joseph Lang. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 27 June 1922. He took his pilot training in the Royal Canadian Air Force and engaged in combat with the Royal Air Force prior to transferring to the 4th Fight
Died 14 October 1944
American Air Museum
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MARSHALLING YARDS.
Locations: KAISERSLAUTERN SAARBRUCKEN
Mission date: 14 October 1944
American Air Museum
Raymond Smith. , . Raymond Smith was killed on 15 October 1944 when B-17 43-38137 crashed soon after take-off, coming down on Woodhall Farm House, near the 486th Bomb Group's base at Sudbury. Raymond was asleep upstairs and died in the resulting fir
Died 15 October 1944
American Air Museum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY AIRFIELD MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX NAVAL INSTALLATIONS MARSHALLING YARDS MARSHALLING YARDS OIL REFINERY OIL REFINERY MARSHALLING YARDS BOMB TARG
Mission date: 15 October 1944
American Air Museum
Captain Carlton Moore. Bombardier, 398th Bomb Group. unit history notes killed on takeoff
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Died 15 October 1944
American Air Museum
Lieutenant William Vanderlick. Navigator, 398th Bomb Group. unit history says crew was killed on takeoff
Died 15 October 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Etter. Co-Pilot, 486th Bomb Group. Killed when B17 43-38137 crashed on takeoff at Woodhall Farm, Sudbury on 15 October 1944.
Died 15 October 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Stalker. Bombardier, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Cologne in B-17 #4338296
Died 15 October 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Vernon Meierhenry. Bomb Aimer, 486th Bomb Group. Member of Herrmann crew
Crashed on takeoff due to engine failure. Everyone on crew killed except the pilot. Plane 'Miss-B-Havin'
Killed when B17 43-38137 crashed on takeoff at
Died 15 October 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant William Annan. Navigator, 486th Bomb Group. Killed when B17 43-38137 crashed on takeoff at Woodhall Farm, Sudbury on 15 October 1944.
Died 15 October 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Charles Alfano. Ball Turret Gunner, 388th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA)
Died 15 October 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant John Jackson. Left Waist Gunner, 486th Bomb Group. Killed when B17 43-38137 crashed on takeoff at Woodhall Farm, Sudbury on 15 October 1944.
Died 15 October 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Joseph Cook. Rear Gunner, 486th Bomb Group. Killed when B17 43-38137 crashed on takeoff at Woodhall Farm, Sudbury on 15 October 1944.
Died 15 October 1944
American Air Museum
Sergeant Ralph Spaulding. Ball Turret Gunner, 486th Bomb Group. Killed when B17 43-38137 crashed on takeoff at Woodhall Farm, Sudbury on 15 October 1944.
Died 15 October 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant George Abbott. Togglier/ Bombardier, 398th Bomb Group. He had been a waist gunner in training to take over the Bombardier role and was in the nose. A German 88 anti aircraft shell had exploded in his lap, killing him instantly. The plane wi
Died 15 October 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant John Sartain. Flight Engineer, 486th Bomb Group. Killed when B17 43-38137 crashed on takeoff at Woodhall Farm, Sudbury on 15 October 1944.
Died 15 October 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Robert Stone. Radio Operator, 486th Bomb Group. Killed when B17 43-38137 crashed on takeoff at Woodhall Farm, Sudbury on 15 October 1944.
Died 15 October 1944
American Air Museum
Ateljé Mira. Beställare: Fru Karin Jönsson. Brudgum Ernst Jönsson. Skaraborgsbanken, Vara.
16 October 1944
Vänersborgs museum
Ateljé Mira. Beställare: Bengt Hallerfors, Stina Andersson. Forshall, Grästorp.
17 October 1944
Vänersborgs museum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MOTOR VEHICLE FACTORY MARSHALLING YARDS OIL REFINERY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
Locations: COLOGNE COLOGNE COLOGNE/NIPPES KASSEL/MITTEFELD LEVERKUSEN
Mission date: 18 October 1944
American Air Museum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX DIESEL ENGINE FACTORY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MARSHALLING YARDS ARTILLERY TRACTOR PLANT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
Locations: BAD KREU
Mission date: 19 October 1944
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Terrell Hollis. Navigator, 389th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Mainz in B-24 #4250842
Died 19 October 1944
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Lee Lithander. Pilot, 489th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed in B-24 'Pregnant Peggy '#4294919
2nd Lieutenant Lee B. Lithander was born September 10, 1923. He was the son of Carl and Augusta Lithander, and was from G
Died 19 October 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Robert Butler. Top Turret Gunner, 489th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed in B-24 'Pregnant Peggy' #4294913
Died 19 October 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Walter Polevka. Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner, 389th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Mainz in B-24 #4250842
Died 19 October 1944
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Dwight Wheatley. Radio Operator, 389th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Mainz in B-24 #4250842
Died 19 October 1944
American Air Museum
Ateljé Mira. Beställare: Fru Fredriksson. Parkgatan 23, Vänersborg.
20 October 1944
Vänersborgs museum
Ateljé Mira. Beställare: Eric Larsson-Bergquist, Ericsson. Frändefors.
21 October 1944
Vänersborgs museum
Ateljé Mira. Beställare: Lennart Andersson, Gun Lundborg, Vänersborg.
21 October 1944
Vänersborgs museum
Second Lieutenant Joseph Duncan Shilling , Hampshire Regiment
Died 21 October 1944
Lives of the First World War
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MOTOR VEHICLE FACTORY MARSHALLING YARDS MOTOR VEHICLE FACTORY MARSHALLING YARDS.
Locations: BIELEFELD BRUNSWICK/BUSSING HAMM HANNOVER/HANOMAG MUNSTER
Mission date: 22 October 1944
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Harold Boling. Radio Operator / Photographer, 305th Bomb Group Can Do. Killed in Action (KIA). Killed in the collision of two B-17's in poor weather over Thurleigh on return from mission.
Died 22 October 1944
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant James Chandler. Engineer, 398th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA).
398th History, Vol II reports his casulty on 10 Sept 1944 on Stutgart Germany mission.
air medal
Died 23 October 1944
American Air Museum
Captain Charles Hess. Pilot, 401st Bomb Group. Killed in Training(KIT) Died non Battle (DNB) in P-51B 43-6768, training accident 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF, having already completed 25 bombing missions with 401st BG, he was going to join the 1st Scouting Force.
Died 24 October 1944
American Air Museum