The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-30
Brig. General George
 Killed Tn Australia
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|.lAf|uN uA AOEy8 HtNDE tNettNel ' ' Altplnnes and none os those wNl really ilb for action, But they made 6ooEea of reconnaissance and raid. NnR flights and fought their way hAek, usually damaged, until At snt tllno the total American air strength Was only five battered crates,
 And with these George still sank Japanese ships and attacked nif alelds and troop concentrations and sometimes strAfIl the neeniy front lines.
 60 lt was c good joke at Georges headquarters one day when Tokyo radios propapanda' broadcast said that iB United states heavy bomb. ers had attacked Japanese ships at 9ublc Bay and that three Of them had been shot down by Japanese planes and guns.
 WO iAuRhed--a bit bitterly, I sup- pcse--heoauSe VIC knew that there had been only four planes left to mako the flight Co Subic Bay and we knew the crude manner In which Che bombs had been attached to the ships and that the pilots had made three trips apiece, After they dumped their bombs they dived their old planes down and strafed the enemy ships until their amniu- hilton was exhausted
 Tho hlghllght of that raid was the destruction Of c cargo ship heavily loAded with munitions, The loss of that ship undoubtedly held up the final Japanese push on Bataan.
 Not One Plane Shot
 A few days later, radio Berlin said that Japanese airplaneS had attacked a secret U. s. air base on Bataan Rnd destroyed i2 grounded planes. It was quite true that our fields were often bombed, but the enemy failed to destroy 0 single American plane on tho ground Rt Bataan-although once our Ps40s landed with Japanese Zero fighters almost on their tails.
 Tho reason none was destroyed on the ground was that George did e good Job of dispensing them and kept moving them to new hiding places.
 He fought always to keep the Nir corps personel together and fought with them against the diseourage- inent arising from failure of rein. 9orcements to arrive lon the next boat" There were plenty of pilots in tho Philippines but they had nothing to fly,
 So finally, the pilots and teehni- clans were given rifles and went Into the defense lines,
 George let them SO only when given 0 promise that the squadrens would maintain their identity and return to tho air force if planes arrived. He visited them in tho fronS lines and on the beaches and kept up their morale despite the fact that hope for new planes dwindled each day.
 Due to deorge's willingness to take risks, the "bamboo fleet" was started. With four ancient eefn- lneUial planes, the air corps flew medicine and food to BAtaan from the southern islands ct Q time when it waS desperately needed, They also took out Q number of pilots who have since reached Australia and are playing c vital role in the ' air var here.
 His Son In Cavalry
 George often talked of his 2i- year old son who is in the cavalry ffo seemed to think of him moro as Q brother than aB Q son and of- ten told mo that it would be c great day if he could meet his son as 6 member of the Far Eastern EXpedltIonary force.
 The general was on lace" and wor tho D. s. c. in tho World War but never mentioned his featS in that conflict
 Sitting beside mo as write, fl Major Harold Eads of Denver, Whe was Georges pre-war roommate ir Manila and member of his staff on Bataan. Eadg had known George for several years but didn't know he possessed tho D. 6. c, nnAl ont night when the general produced tho medal to settle on argument about It's appearance.
 Georges wife and daughter arC believedw to Dc In Roddings, Cal, at present and the general had hoped tc settle down there and raise horBel after the war.
 [ saw him the other day ct ar Australian air field. Ills bla9I beard was gone. His uniform WA neatly pressed. Hs battered of floet had been replaced by powerful kiistening squadrons. But ont thing was unchanged. George wal still on the offensive.
 George is survived by his wife Vera c. George, who was believed now Residing in Bedding, Caiifor' nia, was formerly of Clements, Mich Tt was understod that General George and Jacoby were killed sofnt whore in Australia late yesterday O eariy today.
 Outstanding officer
 General MaeArthur in annolinc. lng tho accident, said he regarded General George as one Of the out. ptAnding air officers of the world. Jaeoby, he said, could well have eefved ag 6 model for c war cor. segpondent at the front.