Edwin Shepard Chickering (21 September 1912 – 14 February 2003) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force.[1][2]
Early life
Chickering was born in Oil City, Pennsylvania on 21 September 1912. He graduated from Lehigh University in 1935 with a degree in engineering.
After graduating, he joined the United States Army Air Corps and attended flight school. He was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to Kelly Field in Texas.
World War II
Col. Edwin S. "Chick" Chickering in his P-47 Thunderbolt in 1945
After retiring from the US Air Force Chickering worked for a Baltimore, Maryland, engineering firm.[citation needed] Upon his death he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[3]
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