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).
Captain Herrell Ford. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4241015. Killed in Action (KIA).
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Captain Lawrence Norman. Bombardier, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4241015. Killed in Action (KIA).
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Colonel John Hayden. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4241015. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
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Locations: Münster, Germany Münster, Germany OSNABRUCK (Primary) OSNABRUCK (Primary)
Mission date: 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Harry Daywalt. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4240974 'Boomerang II. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant John Allen. B-24 Pilot, 445th Bomb Group. B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.
Crashed into the cemetery in Mirns, Friesland, the Netherlands on 22 DEC 1943, killing 7 of the 10 crew.
Sto
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Jack Roach. Bombardier, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4263982 'Jack Frost. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Lieutenant James Reid. Navigator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4263982 'Jack Frost. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Richard Mays. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4241002. Killed in Action (KIA).
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Sargent Cox. Bombardier, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4241002. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Eugene Cantrell. Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4241015. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Faine Doyal. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4241002. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant George Clark. B-24 Pilot, 445th Bomb Group.
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Joseph Congelli. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4263969. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Leslie Matthews. Bombardier, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4263969. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Martin Bulger. B-24 Bombardier, 445th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 22 December 1943. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #427555, 'Lizzie,' on the mission to Osnabruck. Killed in Action (KIA). Under heavy attack from fight
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Max Myres. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 22 December 1943
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Thomas Curry. Navigator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4263969. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Sergeant Ransom Jacobs. Waist Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-17 #42-29724. Plane crashed in to North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Francis Folkner. B-24 Waist Gunner / Aerial Gunner, 445th Bomb Group.
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Darrell Parrott. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4240974 'Boomerang II. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
AM/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Everett Odom. B-24 Tail Turret Gunner, 445th Bomb Group. B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.
Crashed into the cemetery in Mirns, Friesland, the Netherlands on 22 DEC 1943, killing 7 of the
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant George Entzminger. B-24 ~ Radio Operator, 445th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 12/22/43
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant James Bennett. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4263969. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Joe Nigro. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4241002. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Joseph Novelli. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4241002. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Joseph Pavelko. B-24 Ball Turret Gunner, 445th Bomb Group. B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.
Crashed into the cemetery in Mirns, Friesland, the Netherlands on 22 DEC 1943, killing 7 of th
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Otto Eckert. Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4241015. Killed in Action (KIA).
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Robert Bogan. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4240974 'Boomerang II. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
AM/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Roy Cook. Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4263969. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Theodore Blanchard. Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4263969. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Walter Derdzenski. Flight Engineer, 445th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 12/22/43 - Bolsward, Netherlands
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) James Owens. B-24 Waist Gunner, 445th Bomb Group. B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.
Crashed into the cemetery in Mirns, Friesland, the Netherlands on 22 DEC 1943, killing
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Dale Mann. Radio Operator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4241002. Killed in Action (KIA).
DFC/ AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Francis Sullivan. Radio Operator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4263982 'Jack Frost. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant George Murry. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 22 December 1943
AM/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant James Kobler. Radio Operator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4241015. Killed in Action (KIA).
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Ruben Galindo. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4263969. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Ward Randles. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 #4241015. Killed in Action (KIA).
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 22 December 1943
American Air Museum
Captain Stephen (Steven) Scott. Pilot / Ops officer 22nd Sqn, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Born Anselmo, Custer County, Nebraska 8-11-1915. Fourth of five children born to Hughes W Scott and Grace E Alton. Flew alone and unarmed in PR Spitfires
Died 23 December 1943
American Air Museum
Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Chief Steward Matsumoto of Block 7-H at the Granada Relocation Center . . ., 12/24/1943
Taken 24 Dec 1943
The U.S. National Archives
Second Lieutenant James Burch. Co-Pilot, 385th Bomb Group. Born and raised in Kaufman County, Texas, Jim Burch studied for 2 years at the Terrell High School and began working as a salesman in a retail grocery in Terrell, Texas. Enlisting in April 1942, h
Died 24 December 1943
American Air Museum
Sergeant William Butler. , 402nd Air Depot. Sergeant William D. Butler was born December 10, 1896. His next of kin were his wife, Agnes J. Butler, and his daughter, Agnes P. Butler. He was from Montebello, California.
While assigned to the 402nd Air Depot
Died 25 December 1943
American Air Museum
Sinking of the Scharnhorst, 26 December 1943. A representation of the sinking of the German battleship, 'Scharnhorst', created as an assignment for the War Artists' Advisory Committee. After she had made two unsuccessful attempts to attack
1944
National Maritime Museum
Second Lieutenant George Schuenemann. Pilot, 379th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA), was on Round Robin navigation training mission when plane reported no. 1 engine feathered. and requested emergency landing. During the turn on final approach the a/c st
Died 28 December 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Mark Healy. Engineer, 379th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA), was on Round Robin navigation training mission when plane reported no. 1 engine feathered. and requested emergency landing. During the turn on final approach the aircraft struc
Died 28 December 1943
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Roger Taylor. Co-Pilot, 389th Bomb Group. Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-24 #427766. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 30 December 1943
American Air Museum