MIA Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/keyword/mia Honoring Rhode Island's Rich Aviation History Fri, 08 May 2026 15:44:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://riahof.org/wp-content/uploads/riahof-512x512-1-150x150.png MIA Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/keyword/mia 32 32 The 2025 Honorees Announced https://riahof.org/news/2025-honorees Mon, 06 Oct 2025 16:32:07 +0000 https://riahof.org/?p=2279 The twenty-third annual RI Aviation Hall of Fame Class of Honorees will be recognized at our annual dinner on Saturday, November 22, 2025 at The Scottish Rite Center, 2115 Broad St, Cranston, RI. 2025 Guest of Honor ***Unable to attend due to the birth of his great-grandchild! ****Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Enoch “Woody” Woodhouse, […]

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]]> Horace LeRoy Borden, Jr. https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-army/horace-leroy-borden-jr Sat, 18 Nov 2017 23:09:23 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1318 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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]]> LT John Crouchley https://riahof.org/recognition-awarded/inductees/lt-john-crouchley Sat, 23 Nov 2019 17:08:14 +0000 https://riahof.org/?p=1668 LT John Crouchley is the WWII B-24 pilot whose remains were found in Bulgaria and repatriated back for burial in RI in May of 2017. He was flying a B-24 bombing mission on June 28, 1944 against the Titan Oil Refineries in Romania.  After completing the bomb run, his plane was attacked by a number […]

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]]> SSgt Anthony J. De Fusco https://riahof.org/recognition-awarded/inductees/ssgt-anthony-j-defusco Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:58:08 +0000 https://riahof.org/?p=2308 Staff Sergeant Anthony J De Fusco (1923-1944) MIA, China was a radio operator / gunner on a B-25 based in China. On August 23, 1944, his plane took off on a combat mission; they were not seen nor heard from again. He was one of six sons of Pasquale and Eileen De Fusco; five of […]

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]]> Colonel William T. Halton https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/us-army/colonel-william-t-halton Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:55:04 +0000 https://riahof.org/?p=1534 World War II ace Bill Halton (1917-1952) was one of the most decorated fliers to ever hail from Rhode Island. By the time he was killed in action in Korea, he had earned the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal with 17 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Croix de Guerre with Star and numerous campaign ribbons.

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]]> CAPT Charles Frederick Pratte, Jr., U.S. Army Air Forces https://riahof.org/recognition-awarded/galkin-award/capt-charles-frederick-pratte-jr Sat, 18 Nov 2023 19:19:00 +0000 https://riahof.org/?p=2016 CAPT Charles Frederick Pratte, Jr., U.S. Army Air Forces (1915-1945) B-24 bomber pilot, WWII; earned national recognition and the Distinguished Flying Cross for saving his damaged, brakeless aircraft by tying parachutes to gun mounts on forced landing. Disappeared January 22, 1945 on a mine-laying mission at Chichi Jima; declared dead 1946. Pratte earned four Air […]

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