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).
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY PORT AREA U-BOAT PENS.
Locations: Cuxhaven, Germany Wilhelmshaven, Germany CUXHAVEN (Primary) WILHELMSHAVEN (Primary)
Mission date: 11 June 1943
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Malcom MacKinnon. Pilot, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17 #4229693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 11 June 1943
American Air Museum
Flight Officer Eugene Wood. Co-Pilot, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17 #4229693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 11 June 1943
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Burrell Newman. Pilot, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17 #423138. Killed in Action (KIA). Initial target was Bremen but diverted to Wilhelmshaven submarine pens due to cloud cover over the primary target. According to 2Lt. Thomas
Died 11 June 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Walter Kozel. Bombardier, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17 #4229875. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 11 June 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant George Babich. Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer, 95th Bomb Group.
Died 11 June 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Stanley Bennett. Tail Gunner, 95th Bomb Group. WIA. 19 May 1943. B-17F #42-29737. Shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17 #4229693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 11 June 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant William Sendzick. Top Turret Gunner, 379th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17 #423099. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 11 June 1943
American Air Museum
Technical Sergeant John Vail. Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 11 June 1943 in B-17 #4229693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 11 June 1943
American Air Museum
BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY U-BOAT PENS U-BOAT PENS.
Locations: BREMEN (Primary) KIEL (Primary)
Mission date: 13 June 1943
American Air Museum
Lieutenant Andrew Loog. Pilot, 94th Bomb Group. Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #4229940. Plane crashed into Channel. Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 13 June 1943
American Air Museum
Lieutenant William Renaud. Pilot, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #42-29702 'Rat Killer. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 13 June 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Charles Johnson. Bombardier, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #423286. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Died 13 June 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant John Lambert. Navigator, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #42-29702 'Rat Killer. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 13 June 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Richard Hunter. Pilot, . Pilot P-39N Airacobra 42-9678, 346th FS, 350th FG, 12th AF, lost in combat with FW190's bailed out into Mediterranean Sea, 10 Miles N Of Pantellaria Island, initially posted MIA, later KIA. 13th June 43. MAC
Died 13 June 1943
American Air Museum
First Lieutenant Garrett King. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Killed 14 June 1943 in P47D 42-7875 on local altitude training flight. It is believed his a/c was struck by lightning while flying through a thunderhead.
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Died 14 June 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Vincent Castle. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Killed when P47 42-7881 stalled during landing at Debden. Plane nose art had 3 Gremlins and is pictured in Losses on p. 155
Died 19 June 1943
American Air Museum
Corporal Ivan Andes. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA) 20 June 1943
Died 20 June 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Morris Meyers. AAEG, 385th Bomb Group. Staff Sergeant Morris Meyers was the son of Max and Celia Meyers. He was from Detroit, Michigan.
While serving with the 385th Bomb Group, his B-17, tail # 42-30254, disappeared over the Atlantic, betwe
Died 21 June 1943
American Air Museum
DIVERSION FORD and GM PLANTS CHEMICAL PLANT - SYNTHETIC RUBBER PLANT.
Locations: ANTWERP (Secondary) HULS (Primary)
Mission date: 22 June 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Douglas Turner. Bombardier, 384th Bomb Group. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #4230076. Killed in Action (KIA) while helping the planes navigator 2LT Richard E Grandpre successfully bail out .
Died 22 June 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Davidson. Bombardier, Navigator, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Shot down 22 Jun 1943 in B-17 #425432 'The Hunting Club. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Died 22 June 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Robert Castle. Ball Turret Gunner, 95th Bomb Group. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #4230211. A/C Hit by four enemy fighters over target. KIA.
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Died 22 June 1943
American Air Museum
CONVOY PATROL BOMB TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY.
Locations: HAMBURG (Primary) WANGEROOGE ISLAND (Last Resort)
Mission date: 25 June 1943
American Air Museum
Master Sergeant John Lotito. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. KNO. Crashed 26 June 1943 in B-24 #63782 'Hell's Express. ' . in Oxfordshire on its way to N. Africa.
Died 26 June 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Harley Shively. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. KNO. Crashed 26 June 1943 in B-24 #63782 'Hell's Express. ' . in Oxfordshire on its way to N. Africa.
Died 26 June 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Jack Wardell. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. KNO. Crashed 26 June 1943 in B-24 #63782 'Hell's Express. ' . in Oxfordshire on its way to N. Africa.
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Died 26 June 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Louis Barron. Fighter Pilot, 56th Fighter Group. Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission for bombers whose target was Villacoublay. Approaching the rendezvous at Forges, France the squadron was pounced on
Died 26 June 1943
American Air Museum
Second Lieutenant Raymond Cathcart. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. KNO. Crashed 26 June 1943 in B-24 #63782 'Hell's Express. ' . in Oxfordshire on its way to N. Africa.
Died 26 June 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant George Parsons. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. KNO. Crashed 26 June 1943 in B-24 #63782 'Hell's Express. ' . in Oxfordshire on its way to N. Africa.
Died 26 June 1943
American Air Museum
Staff Sergeant Harold Lane. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. KNO. Crashed 26 June 1943 in B-24 #63782 'Hell's Express. ' . in Oxfordshire on its way to N. Africa.
Died 26 June 1943
American Air Museum
Master Sergeant Farlan Glover. , 93rd Bomb Group The Traveling Circus. Killed in Action (KIA). Crashed 26 June 1943 in B-24 #63782 'Hell's Express. ' . in Oxfordshire on its way to N. Africa. Died in hospital the next day.
Died 27 June 1943
American Air Museum
AIRFIELD LOCKS and GATES PORT LOCKS and GATES PORT.
Locations: BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER SAINT-NAZAIRE SAINT-NAZAIRE
Mission date: 28 June 1943
American Air Museum