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.

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.

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

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

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