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 (Technician Fourth Grade) Cleston Harrison. Waist Gunner, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down 1 May 1943 in B-17 #425784. Plane crashed into Brest Harbor on a mission to the uboat yards at St. Nazaire, France.
Died 1 May 1943
American Air Museum
Sergeant Albert Lambert. Radio Operator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. 28 May 1943 killed in a night training accident in B24 41-24309 on night 'photo bombing' raid as plane crashed on take off with engine fire. Earlier 7 Nov 1942 B-24D-
Died 1 May 1943
American Air Museum
Captain James Gott. Navigator, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. After completing their missions, the crew of 'Hot Stuff' B-2441-23728 was tasked with flying General Frank Andrews, commanding general of the USAAF in the ETO to the US. The pl
Died 3 May 1943
American Air Museum
Master Sergeant Lloyd Weir. Engineer, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in noncombat flight. After completing their missions, the crew of 'Hot Stuff' B-2441-23728 was tasked with flying General Frank Andrews, commanding general of the
Died 3 May 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Paul McQueen. Gunner On B-24 Hot Stuff 41-23728, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. KNO. After completing their missions, as a member of the the crew of 'Hot Stuff' B-2441-23728 was tasked with flying General Frank Andrews, com
Died 3 May 1943
American Air Museum
DIVERSION DIVERSION FORD and GM PLANTS.
Locations: ANTWERP (Primary)
Mission date: 4 May 1943
American Air Museum
AVIONS POTEZ AIRCRAFT FACTORY AIRFIELD AIRFIELD.
Locations: MEAULTE (Primary) SAINT OMER/ FORT ROUGES (Primary) ST OMER/LONGUENESSE (Primary)
Mission date: 13 May 1943
American Air Museum
Captain Derrol Rogers. Pilot, 96th Bomb Group. B-17 #4229752 ditched in Channel 13 May 1943. Killed in Action (KIA). Only member of crew killed. The waist gunner's gun went off as he was unloading preparing to land and it shot off the stabilizer, The
Died 13 May 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant John Arihood. Ball Turret Gunner, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Shot down 13 May 1943 in B-17 #4229642 'Vulgar Virgin. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 13 May 1943
American Air Museum
FORD and GM PLANTS AIRFIELD VELSEN POWER STATION SHIP YARDS SHIP YARDS.
Locations: ANTWERP (Primary) COURTRAI (Primary) IJMUIDEN/HAARLEM KIEL (Primary) KIEL (Primary)
Mission date: 14 May 1943
American Air Museum
MARSHALLING YARDS U-BOAT YARD The German naval base at Heligoland Island; the Luftwaffe fighter airfield on Dune; and the Luftwaffe fighter airfield on Wangerooge Island are the targets for this formation. This is part of a coordinated strike to support
Mission date: 15 May 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Ward Kirkpatrick. Ball Turret Gunner, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Shot down 15 May 1943 in B-17 #4229481. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
Died 15 May 1943
American Air Museum
PORT AREA - U-BOAT PENS VELSEN POWER STATION PORT AREA- SHIPPING U-BOAT PENS.
Locations: BORDEAUX (Primary) IJMUIDEN/HAARLEM LORIENT (Primary) LORIENT (Primary)
Mission date: 17 May 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Edward Norton. Pilot, 322nd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) May 17, 1943, in B26 41-18090 on mission to a power station in Holland went down in the sea off Ijmuiden, Holland. after being shot down by flak.
2nd Lieutenant Edward R. No
Died 17 May 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Jack Boltz. Co-Pilot, 305th Bomb Group Can Do. Shot down 17 May 1943 in B-17 #425063. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 17 May 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant James Norton. Co-Pilot, 322nd Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA) May 17, 1943, in B26 41-18090 on mission to a power station in Holland went down in the sea off Ijmuiden, Holland. after being shot down by flak.
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2nd Lieutenant James
Died 17 May 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Joseph Penfield. Tail Gunner, 305th Bomb Group Can Do. Shot down 17 May 1943 in B-17 #4229745. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 17 May 1943
American Air Museum
FIGHTER SWEEP.
Locations: KNOKKE BLANKENBERGHE NIEUWPOORT
Mission date: 18 May 1943
American Air Museum
NAVAL YARD U-BOAT PENS DIVERSION.
Locations: FLENSBURG (Primary) KIEL (Primary)
Mission date: 19 May 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Charles Scott. Bombardier, 94th Bomb Group. Killed in Action (KIA). On mission to Flensburg, Germany. Killed when AC attacked by enemy fighter head on.
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Died 19 May 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Richard Murray. Pilot, 78th Fighter Group. Killed in Action (KIA) 20 May 1943 in AC #416383.
AM/ PH
Died 20 May 1943
American Air Museum
FIGHTER PATROL FIGHTER SWEEP.
Locations: ENGLISH COAST OSTEND GHENT
Mission date: 21 May 1943
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Martin Wieand. Pilot, 94th Bomb Group. Shot down 21 May 1943 in B-17 #4229834 'Easy Aces. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
1st Lieutenant Martin Wieand was born July 15, 1921. His next of kin were his par
Died 21 May 1943
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Charles Freschauf. Co-Pilot, 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars. Shot down 21 May 1943 in B-17 #4124515 'Marie Jane. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
1st Lieutenant Charles W. Freschauf was born on November
Died 21 May 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Carl Pearson. Bombardier; Ball Turret Gunner; Togglier, 94th Bomb Group. Shot down 21 May 1943 in B-17 #4229727 'In Der Fuehrer's Face. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
2nd Lieutenant Carl R. Pearson was born August 15, 1920. Hi
Died 21 May 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Gordon Whitlow. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 71 Eagle squadron 1941, transferred to 334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF 14-9-1942. Prom
Died 21 May 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Bryant Loftis. Waist Gunner, 94th Bomb Group. Shot down 21 May 1943 in B-17 #4229727 'In Der Fuehrer's Face. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Staff Sergeant Bryant M. Loftis was born May 17, 1920. His next of kin was his mother, An
Died 21 May 1943
American Air Museum
U-BOAT PENS NAVAL BASE.
Locations: EMDEN (Primary) WILHELMSHAVEN (Primary)
Mission date: 21 May 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant John Woods. Pilot, 495th Fighter Training Group. Johnny was a graduate of Woodlawn High School and attended Howard College, where he was a member of Lamda Chi Alpha Fraternity. He joined the Army Air Force in January 1942, and received h
Died 26 May 1943
American Air Museum
Sergeant Frederick Briske. Mechanic, 95th Bomb Group. KIS 27 May 1943 in an accident at Alconbury, ground crew were loading bombs into B17s for the next day's mission when several bombs detonated. 19 were killed and 14 injured.
Sergeant Frederick W.
Died 27 May 1943
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Jonathan Cunningham. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 28 May 1943 Plane crashed on takeoff. 12 aboard, 3 killed others wounded. Earlier on 7 Nov 1942 B-24D-1-CO 41-23710 'Hares to Ya' had crash
Died 28 May 1943
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Robert Kaluzsa. Bombardier, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. 28 May 1943 killed in a night training accident in B24 41-24309
Died 28 May 1943
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant William Derx. Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. 28 May 1943 killed in a night training accident in B24 41-24309
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Died 28 May 1943
American Air Museum
Flight Officer Morton Schwartz. Co-Pilot, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. 28 May 1943 killed in a night training accident in B24 41-24309
Died 28 May 1943
American Air Museum
Sergeant William Peltier. Gunner, 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) on night 'photo bombing' as plane crashed on take off with an engine fire. Earlier on 7 Nov 1942 B-24D-1-CO 41-23710 'Hares to Ya' had crash
Died 28 May 1943
American Air Museum