Edgar L. Bolden
June 1, 1926 – March 4, 2007
Class 43-K-SE
Graduated from Advance Flying Training at TAAF on December 5, 1943.

Bolden was born June 1, 1921, in Arlington, VA. After graduating from Armstrong High School in Washington, D.C. He was accepted into the military after completing flight training in the U.S. Army Air Corps at Tuskegee Air Field in Tuskegee.

He was assigned to the 553rd Fighter Squadron at Selfridge Field, MI on December 30, 1943.
May 2, 1944 while assigned to the 553rd Fighter Squadron he was moved by train from Selfridge Field, Michigan to Walterboro Army Air Field, Walterboro South Carolina.
May 9, 1944 he was relieved from assignment with the 553rd Fighter Squadron and assigned to Sec F 126th Army Air Force Base Unit.
June 21, 1944 he was ordered to appear at a Flying Evaluation Board at Headquarters First Air Force Mitchell Field, New York no later than June 26, 1944.
September 31, 1944 he was relieved from Sec F 126th Army Air Force Base Unit and ordered to proceed to Separation Center Fort Dix, New Jersey for temporary duty for 2 days then to home Arlington, Virginia for relief from active duty by reason of Reclassification Board Proceedings in accordance with orders issued by C O Separation Center Fort Dix NJ. Officer is not entitled to leave and certificate of service. Authority AR 605-230.
In World War II, Army Regulation (AR) 605-230 outlined the procedures for the separation of officers from the service. It covered methods for removing officers from active duty who were considered unfit for promotion or retention. The regulation was part of a larger series, AR 605, which governed the appointment, promotion, and termination of officers.

After leaving the Army Air Corps, he entered the Howard University College of Engineering, earned his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and taught at Howard University.

He worked at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, the Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. and later at RCA in Princeton, New Jersey where he worked on communications satellite systems. In 1969, he moved to Washington D.C. where he eventually retired from the Federal Aviation Administration. In 1994, he moved from Washington D.C. to Portland Oregon.

SE and TE-43-K
First row L to R: 2nd Lt. Samuel A. Black, 1st Lt. Fitzroy Newsum, 2nd Lt. Stewart B. Fulbright, 2nd Lt. Samuel Lynn, 2nd Lt. Joseph D. Whiten, 2nd Lt., 2nd Lt. John L. Harrison, F/O Amos A. Rogers, and 2nd Lt. Edgar L. Bolden.

 Second row L to R: 2nd Lt. Wendell Wells, 2nd Lt. Richard Highbaugh, 2nd Lt. Harold A. Hillary, 2nd Lt. Harold E. Brazil, 2nd Lt. Henry P. Hervey. 2nd Lt. Willie L. Byrd, and 2nd Lt. Eugene C. Cheatam, 1st Lt. Elmore Kennedy.

Third row L to R: 2nd Lt. Frederick D. Funderburg, 2nd Lt. Stanley L. Harris, 2nd Lt. Howard C. Gamble, F/O Edward J. Eilliams, 2nd Lt. Robert J. Friend, 2nd Lt. Robert H. Daniels, 2nd Lt. William R. Lewis, and 2nd Lt. Reid E. Thompson.

Fourth row: 2nd Lt. Lloyd S. Hatchcock, 2nd Lt. Othell Dickson, 2nd Lt. Clarence D. Lester, 2nd Lt. Clarence H. Bradford, 2nd Lt. Henry Pollard, F/O William L. Hill and 2nd Lt. Wellington G. Irving.

(Official U.S. AAF Photo by AAF Training Command.)

Sources:

Craig Huntly, Tuskegee Airman Subject Matter Expert
Militarywikia.org
NARKIVE.com 

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