US Air Force Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/achievement/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-air-force Honoring Rhode Island's Rich Aviation History Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:29:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://riahof.org/wp-content/uploads/riahof-512x512-1-150x150.png US Air Force Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/achievement/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-air-force 32 32 MG Bill Anders, USAF (Ret) https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-air-force/mg-bill-anders-usaf-ret Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:52:07 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1309 Retired Air Force Major General, Apollo 8 Astronaut and former Textron executive Bill Anders is one of the first three humans to view the dark side of the moon. Anders described his experiences and his famous photograph, “Earthrise,” which he took on Christmas Eve, 1968. Along with the first pictures taken of the earth from […]

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]]> 2/LT William P. Armstrong https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/minorities/2-lt-william-p-armstrong Thu, 08 Feb 2018 23:02:59 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1313 William P. Armstrong (1924- 1945) was a Tuskegee Airman/Fighter Pilot, shot down in action on April 1, 1945.

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]]> Col. John F . “Jack” Barrett, US Air Force, Retired https://riahof.org/recognition-awarded/inductees/col-john-jack-barrett Sat, 18 Nov 2023 17:53:00 +0000 https://riahof.org/?p=1991 Col. John F . “Jack” Barrett, US Air Force, Retired (1912-1997) WWII recon, patrol and bomber pilot. Named CO of the 152nd Fighter Squadron, RI Air National Guard in 1949. Born in New Hampshire, he moved to RI in 1912 and graduated from St. Andrew’s Technical School in Barrington. After two years in the Merchant Marine, […]

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]]> Lt. Col. Charles Raymond Blake, USAF (Ret) https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-air-force/lieut-col-charles-raymond-blake-usaf-ret Sat, 18 Nov 2017 21:39:05 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1250 Blake was born on November 8, 1897 in Westerly and graduated in 1916 from Westerly High School, he was the star center on the football team and a member of the track team. After a semester of college in Boston, he volunteered for the American Ambulance Service in January 1917 before the US entered the […]

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]]> Capt. Roger Holland Blake, USAF https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-air-force/capt-roger-holland-blake-usaf Sat, 18 Nov 2017 21:42:05 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1253 Roger Holland Blake (1921-1952) was born October 15, 1921. His father, a World War I aviator, was attending RI State College at the time. Roger graduated from Aldrich High School in 1939. and left college after one year to enlist in the Army Air Corps on May 1, 1942. He flew with the Air Transport […]

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]]> Edward J. Bonaccorsi https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-air-force/edward-j-bonaccorsi Sat, 19 Nov 2016 23:53:44 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=756 Edward J. Bonaccorsi (1925-2015) graduated from Samuel Gorton High School in Warwick, then enlisted as an Aviation Cadet in May, 1943. Failing a pilot medical, he became a mechanic, qualifying in both the B-24 Liberator and the B-29 Stratofortress. He served with the 40th Bombardment Squadron, and spent six months on Tinian Island as the war […]

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