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'''Aline Rhonie Hofheimer''' (Aline Rhonie Hofheimer Brooks) was one of the pioneering women aviation pilots in the [[second world war]].<ref name="app">{{cite news|url=http://www.app.com/article/CN/20100313/NEWS/100313016/Warren-aviator-to-be-honored-on-C-SPAN-program|title=Warren aviator to be honored on C-SPAN program|author=Laurie Levoy|location=Warren|newspaper=Asbury Park Press|date=March 13, 2010}}</ref> In March 2010, shortly after her centennial birthday, she was posthumously awarded the United States [[Congressional Gold Medal]].<ref name="app"/> |
'''Aline Rhonie Hofheimer''' (Aline Rhonie Hofheimer Brooks, August 16, 1909, [[York, Pennsylvania]]—January 7, 1963, [[Palm Beach, Florida]]) was one of the pioneering women aviation pilots in the [[second world war]].<ref name="app">{{cite news|url=http://www.app.com/article/CN/20100313/NEWS/100313016/Warren-aviator-to-be-honored-on-C-SPAN-program|title=Warren aviator to be honored on C-SPAN program|author=Laurie Levoy|location=Warren|newspaper=Asbury Park Press|date=March 13, 2010}}</ref> In March 2010, shortly after her centennial birthday, she was posthumously awarded the United States [[Congressional Gold Medal]].<ref name="app"/> |
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Revision as of 08:47, 5 June 2010
Aline Rhonie Hofheimer (Aline Rhonie Hofheimer Brooks, August 16, 1909, York, Pennsylvania—January 7, 1963, Palm Beach, Florida) was one of the pioneering women aviation pilots in the second world war.[1] In March 2010, shortly after her centennial birthday, she was posthumously awarded the United States Congressional Gold Medal.[1]
Biography
Aline was born in York, Pennsylvania on August 16, 1909.[2] She was born into the notable Hofheimer family of York township.[1] Aline learned to fly at the age of 21 in Reno, Nevada in a De Havilland Moth with a Gypsy engine.[2] Aline received her transport license in 1931, and her English pilot's license in 1936.[1] During World War II, she participated in the British war relief effort[3] and was one of the two women to join the Air Transport Auxiliary.[1] After the war, Aline learned mural painting from the prominent Mexican painter Diego Rivera.[3] She is remembered for having painted a 126-foot long (1,400 square-foot area) fresco representing aviation history at a hanger in Roosevelt Field, Long Island.[1], which has since been relocated to the Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in Queens, New York.[3]
Aline married a well known race-pilot Peter Brooks in the 1930's. The couple had no children. She died in 1963 at the age of 54.[1]
Awards
Along with the congressional gold medal, Aline won several other awards and recognitions, including membership of the French national association of Croix de Guerre for her service in the French red cross, Medaille de la Reconnaissance Francaise, was made a Chavalier de la Croix de Lorraine, and received the King George VI medal in Great Britain. [4]
She was inducted into the New Jersey Aviation hall of fame in 2010.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Laurie Levoy (March 13, 2010). "Warren aviator to be honored on C-SPAN program". Asbury Park Press. Warren.
- ^ a b "Aline Rhonie, Aviatrix". OpenCockpit.net.
- ^ a b c d Laurie Levoy (May 22, 2010). "Local pioneer aviatrix, 3 others to be inducted into NJ aviation history Hall Of Fame". My Central Jersey.
- ^ "Mrs. Aline Brooks receives honour". Palm Beach Daily News. 26 February, 1958.
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