WWII China Service Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/achievement/field-of-accomplishment/military/wwii-china-service Honoring Rhode Island's Rich Aviation History Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:55:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://riahof.org/wp-content/uploads/riahof-512x512-1-150x150.png WWII China Service Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/achievement/field-of-accomplishment/military/wwii-china-service 32 32 Sidney R. Amylon https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-army/sidney-r-amylon Sat, 23 Nov 2019 17:50:55 +0000 https://riahof.org/?p=1680 Each year, we highlight a China service candidate for recognition. The selection for 2019 is 1/LT Sidney R. Amylon, who served in the China-Burma-India Theater as a B-25 bomber pilot from the autumn of 1944 through mid-1945.  Born and raised in Warwick’s Hillsgrove neighborhood, he graduated from Aldrich High School at the top of his […]

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]]> Thomas G. Corcoran https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/administrators-educators/thomas-g-corcoran Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:54:26 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1024 Pawtucket native Thomas G. Corcoran (1899-1981) played a pivotal role in the establishment of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the Flying Tigers.

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]]> Bertrand T. Cournoyer https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-air-force/bertrand-t-cournoyer Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:28:21 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=972 Bertrand “Bert” T. Cournoyer (1919-1967) was born and raised in Manville, RI. During WWII, Bert served as a French interpreter for General Claire Lee Chennault in Kunming, China.

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]]> Parker S. Dupouy https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/wwii-china-service/parker-s-dupouy Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:26:49 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=818 Born in Providence, Parker S. Dupouy (1917–1994) was one of the 57 combat pilots serving as the Flying Tigers in China in the early days of World War II. A Central High School grad, he enrolled as an Aviation Cadet after graduating from Brown University in 1939. In May, 1941 he resigned his Army Air […]

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]]> LTC Charles E. Griffith https://riahof.org/year-of-induction/2016/ltc-charles-e-griffith Sat, 19 Nov 2016 23:52:24 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=752 LTC Charles E. Griffith, USAAF (1916-1944), Griffith was a fighter pilot who fought in the Aleutian Islands campaign of 1942/3, came to China in mid-1944 and joined the 76th Fighter Squadron of the famed 23rd Fighter Group. Born in North Dakota, he was a 1935 Hope High School graduate and all-state athlete who went on […]

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]]> William Grosvenor Jr. https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-army/william-grosvenor Fri, 08 Nov 2013 21:28:33 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=988 Long-time North Kingstown resident William Grosvenor Jr. (1920-1980) was born in Providence and attended St. Mark's School in Southborough, MA. In November 1942 he arrived in China where he flew 132 missions (286 combat hours) under General Chennault with the 75th Pursuit Squadron, the “Flying Tiger Sharks”.

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