2004 Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/achievement/year-of-induction/2004 Honoring Rhode Island's Rich Aviation History Wed, 08 Jul 2020 15:39:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://riahof.org/wp-content/uploads/riahof-512x512-1-150x150.png 2004 Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/achievement/year-of-induction/2004 32 32 The Allen Family of Aeronauts https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/women/the-allen-family-of-aeronauts Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:46:27 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=930 The Allen Family of Aeronauts: according to New York-based aeronautical researcher Chris Lynch, “If there was a founding family of RI aviation, they are it.”

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]]> LTC Stanley Auslander, USNR https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-navy/ltc-stanley-auslander-usnr Sat, 23 Oct 2004 22:05:29 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1315 Lieutenant Commander Stanley Auslander, US Naval Reserve, a long-time Warwick resident and patrol bomber pilot, sank one German U-boat and damaged another off the coast of Brazil. He later flew patrols from England before and after D-day, and is credited with homing a British destroyer in to sink another U-boat. He earned a Distinguished Flying […]

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]]> CDR Frank A. Fox, USN (Ret.) https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-navy/cdr-frank-a-fox-usn-ret Sat, 23 Oct 2004 22:28:48 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1324 Wisconsin-born Frank Fox met his bride Jane while stationed at Quonset late in World War II, and thereafter considered Rhode Island his home. He earned a Navy Cross in the Battle of Philippine Sea when his Avenger torpedo bomber scored a direct hit on the Japanese carrier Zuikaku, helping send her to the bottom. In […]

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]]> CDR Russell G. Gilmore, USN (Ret.) https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-navy/cdr-russell-g-gilmore-usn-ret Sat, 23 Oct 2004 22:35:29 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1327 Russ, an East Greenwich resident since 1965, served in the Navy from 1944 to 1969. During his flying career he landed on 21 different carriers; he also served on the USS Wasp for two years and USS Lake Champlain for one year. He flew F8F Bearcats with fighter squadron VF-19, and later transitioned to jets […]

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]]> Harry M. Jones https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-army/harry-m-jones Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:49:59 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=934 Harry M. Jones (1890-1973) Described in a 1912 Providence Journal article as Rhode Island’s “1st home grown aviator”, Jones managed the very first air show ever held in Rhode Island that same year. He was also the first (and last) person ever to land a plane on the Boston Common. Jones was best known, however, […]

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]]> Major General Andrew S. Low, Jr., US Air Force (Ret) https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-air-force/major-general-andrew-s-low-jr-us-air-force-ret Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:42:30 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=928 A Westerly native, Low enlisted in the Rhode Island National Guard in 1936 and graduated from West Point in 1942.

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