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 Cross and two Air Medals for these actions. The New York City native also flew with the Navy’s Special Project Unit Cast, testing new radar and electronics equipment.

More in 2004:

• The Allen Family of Aeronauts

  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.”

• LTC Stanley Auslander, USNR
• CDR Frank A. Fox, USN (Ret.)

More in Special Recognition Award:

• 126th Aviation Regiment, RIANG
• 2/LT William P. Armstrong

  William P. Armstrong (1924- 1945) was a Tuskegee Airman/Fighter Pilot, shot down in action on April 1, 1945.

• CAPT Karl Augenstein

More in US Navy:

• LTC Stanley Auslander, USNR
• Richard Warren Blackman

  Alabama-born Richard Warren Blackman (1939—2013) made a major contribution to aviation in RI through
  his lengthy service with the Civil Air Patrol (CAP).

• Commander Harold J. Brow, USN