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 Beattie Fleenor. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). According to Stewart pilot Fleenor was flying an H model B2
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Kenneth Baughman. Navigator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4123732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Lawrence Leach. Pilot, 305th Bomb Group Can Do. Shot down by fighters 16 April 1943 in B-17 #425220. Mission was to uboat yards at Lorient. Plane crashed about 12 miles northeast of Lorient. Killed in Action (KIA).
Air medal with Oak Lea
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Robert Grant. Bombardier, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4123732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Lieutenant George Pinner. Bombardier, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Earlier on 26 February 1943 B-24 41-23734 'Night
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Lieutenant James Hardin. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Lieutenant James Leary. Navigator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Earlier on 26 February 1943 B-24 41-23734 'Night Ra
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Thaddeus Hawkins. Bombardier, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4123874 'Ball O' Fire, Jr. ' Some crew members had baled out when the plane exploded blowing some crew clear. Prisoner of
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Sergeant Donald Bonnom. Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4123732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Paul Kirken. Ball Turret Gunner / Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4123732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Note: Losses and NARA spell l
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Paul Logan. Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4123732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Richard Guess. Radio Operator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM/ PH
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Ronald Nelson. Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). . Earlier on 26 February 194
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Stephen Hegedus. Ball Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). ABMC; MACR 15703, Losses of the 8th and
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant T Kilmer. Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Earlier on 26 February 1943 B-24
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Walter Race. Tail Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 16 April 1943. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4123732 'Liberty Lass. 'Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay.
SSgt. Walter C. Race was born 18 Jan
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Archibald Crump. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Crashed into Bay of Biscay. According to Stewart pilot Fleenor was flying an H model B24 which
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant Herbert Daly. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4123874 'Ball O' Fire, Jr. ' Some crew members had baled out when the plane exploded blowing some crew clear. Daly wa
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant James Barnes. Top Turret Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4123732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal w 2/Oak Leaf Cluster (awarde
Died 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
U-BOAT PENS U-BOAT PENS.
Locations: BREST (Primary) LORIENT/KEROMAN (Primary)
Mission date: 16 April 1943
American Air Museum
Captain Leroy Carpenter. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Freelance mission to Kbely. A/C struck by flak while strafing Praha-Kbely airdrome, Czechoslovakia. When last heard from he was south of t
Died 16 April 1945
American Air Museum
Captain Robert Holmes. Fighter Pilot, Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) crashed near Prague in P-51 #4463214
Died 16 April 1945
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Delmar Ford. Pilot, 361st Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) P-51 44-15663 'Baby Doll' Crashed near Pocking
Died 16 April 1945
American Air Museum
MARSHALLING YARDS FREELANCE MISSION MARSHALLING YARDS RAIL BRIDGE RAIL BRIDGE RAILROAD BRIDGE MARSHALLING YARDS.
Locations: LANDSHUT REGENSBURG REGENSBURG REGENSBURG EAST REGENSBURG WEST STRAUBING STRUABING/PLATTING
Mission date: 16 April 1945
American Air Museum
Master Sergeant Leroy Young. Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. B-17 #423213 ditched in North Sea due to mechanical failure on 16 August 1943. Returned to base. Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #423079. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Died 16 April 1976
American Air Museum
Homer Bigart. , 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, who in 1942 was invited to become a war correspondent, one of eight journalists known as The Writing 69th, sent to the UK to fly with the US Arm
Died 16 April 1991
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Myles Coolidge. Co-Pilot, 467th Bomb Group.
Died 16 April 1998
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Colonel George Harris. Commander, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron on Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #362, as Squadron Commander, per Group Historian memo dated 3 January 1943.
19 combat mission
Died 16 April 2003
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Louis Brenner. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 16 April 2007
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Richard Robertson. Radio Operator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 16 April 2007
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Borst. Bombardier , 466th Bomb Group. Evaded (EVD) Shot down on 8/15/44 in B-24 Ramblin Wreck #4128932 Crashed at Gelderingen
Died 16 April 2014
American Air Museum