George Jacobs was born in New York City on July 16, 1924. From an early age, George had a love for flying and Amateur Radio. In 1940, at age 16, he learned to fly as a student member of the Civil Air Patrol. Three years later, he volunteered as an Army Aviation Cadet earning his navigator wings and commission in 1944. In January 1945, George was assigned as a radar navigator with the 91st Bomb Group, RAF Bassingbourn in the UK; the same squadron that the famous Memphis Belle was in, the 324th. George completed six combat missions and three humanitarian missions, the latter of which he is most proud.