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Lt. Col. Charles Raymond Blake, USAF (Ret)

RIAHOF — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 21:39:05 +0000

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

RIAHOF — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 21:42:05 +0000

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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Lt. Col. Horace LeRoy Borden, USAF

RIAHOF — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 23:17:45 +0000

Lieutenant Colonel Horace LeRoy Borden, US Air Force (1892-1951), was a World War I Aerial Observer, WWII Training Squadron Commander, & Cold War Support Squadron Commander. He was born April 25, 1892 in Portsmouth, attended Moses Brown School and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1914. He enlisted in the Army, and earned his commission in […]

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Horace LeRoy Borden, Jr.

RIAHOF — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 23:09:23 +0000

First Lieutenant Horace LeRoy Borden, Jr. US Army Air Forces (1921-1944) was a World War II fighter pilot killed in action in the Phillipines in 1944. Horace LeRoy Borden, Jr. was born in 1921 to Horace LeRoy Borden, Sr. of Portsmouth, RI and Margaret Hayden of Fall River. MA. The family moved to Springfield, MA […]

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John Bayard Chevalier

RIAHOF — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 21:58:45 +0000

John Bayard Chevalier (1887-1955) was born in Providence on January 3I, 1887. His family moved to Medford, MA where he attended high school. He graduated from Harvard with the class of 1908, and went to work for Standard Oil Company. He spent the next three years in Bombay, and from 1912 to 1917 he was […]

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Civil Air Patrol (CAP)

RIAHOF — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 20:05:52 +0000

The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is a congressionally chartered, federally supported non-profit corporation that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF). CAP is a volunteer organization with an aviation-minded membership that includes people from all backgrounds, lifestyles, and occupations. In 2017, RIAHOF helped to honor the RI CAP on […]

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