Royal Flying Corps Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/keyword/royal-flying-corps Honoring Rhode Island's Rich Aviation History Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:19:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://riahof.org/wp-content/uploads/riahof-512x512-1-150x150.png Royal Flying Corps Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/keyword/royal-flying-corps 32 32 LT George Merlyn Power O’Keefe, RFC https://riahof.org/recognition-awarded/presidents-award-recipient/lt-george-merlyn-power-okeefe Sat, 18 Nov 2023 18:52:00 +0000 https://riahof.org/?p=2013 LT George Merlyn Power O’Keefe, RFC (1898-1954) Royal Flying Corps reconnaissance and observation pilot, World War I; early proponent of aviation in RI; Office of Price Administration automotive manager for RI during WWII. Prominent auto dealer and political influencer.

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]]> Richmond Viall https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/military/other-military/clifton-badlam-thompson Sat, 18 Nov 2017 22:26:52 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=1271 Richmond Viall (1896-1973) was born in Providence on June 26, 1896; his father was second-in-command at Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company when it was a global force in the machine tools business. He attended Williams College, but left in 1917 to join the British forces in Canada. He joined the Royal Canadian Flying Corps as […]

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