John Endicott

Edgar was a pilot and a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and flew ‘The Hump” in WWII.  He was born in Portland, Oregon, and graduated from Grant High School.  He was involved in civilian flying before the war and at the outbreak of the war served as a flying instructor.  His serial number is 19167047.   At the outbreak of the Korean conflict, he was recalled to service, reenlisted on November 27, 1950 as a 1st Lieutenant, was promoted to Captain, and served at the air base at Thule, Greenland, later being transferred to Barksdale Air Force Base, very near Bossier City and Shreveport,  Louisiana.  

 

          While in Louisiana, however, he contracted bulbar polio, which attacks the ability to breathe and died in 1955.  He is buried in the Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.