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:''Not to be confused with Harold Huston George for whom George Air Force Base was named'' Harold Lee George (July 19, 1893 – February 24, 1986) was an American aviation pioneer who helped shape and promote the concept of daylight precision bombing.〔 An outspoken proponent of the industrial web theory, George taught at the Air Corps Tactical School and influenced a significant group of airmen passing through the school, ones who had powerful influence during and after World War II. He has been described as the leader of the so-called "Bomber Mafia", the men who advocated an independent military arm composed of heavy bombers. George helped shape America's bomber strategy for the war by assisting Air War Plans Division with the development of a complete aircraft production and bombing strategy. In 1934, George helped institute the Order of Daedalians, and served as that organization's first Wing Commander.〔Davis-Monthan Aviation Field Register. People: (''Harold Lee George'' ). Retrieved on July 17, 2009.〕〔George, Harold L. ''Air University Review'', July–August 1984. ("Origins of The Order of Daedalians." ) Retrieved on January 2, 2010.〕 During World War II, George led the Air Transport Command, taking it from 130 obsolescent aircraft to 3,000 modern transports, operated by 300,000 airmen. Following the war, he helped Hughes Aircraft become a very profitable company, and was twice elected mayor of Beverly Hills, California. ==Early career== George was born July 19, 1893 in Somerville, Massachusetts, to Horace and Susan E. George. He attended George Washington University, but decided to interrupt his studies when the United States became directly involved in World War I.〔 George joined the United States Army and on May 21, 1917, received his commission as second lieutenant in the Cavalry as a reserve officer. A month later, he went on active duty with the Cavalry at Fort Myer, Virginia, and married Anna Virginia Helms on August 10. In October George resigned his reserve commission to become a flying cadet with the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps.〔 George attended the ASSC School of Military Aeronautics (an eight-week ground school) set up on the campus of Princeton University and learned to fly at Love Field, Texas, receiving his rating of Reserve Military Aviator on March 28, 1918.〔 George went to France that September with an initial assignment to the 7th Aviation Instruction Center (bombardment) at Clermont-Ferrand.〔 Two months later he was posted to Ourches-sur-Meuse with the 163rd Aero Squadron, one of two DH-4B day bomber squadrons of the new 2nd Day Bombardment Group, Second Army Air Service.〔 In the week in which it saw action in November 1918, just prior to the armistice, the 163d flew 69 sorties in support of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.〔Edkins, 1997, p. 5.〕 George observed that massed bombers, flying in formation, swamped enemy defenses and so reduced the attacker's casualties.〔Edkins, 1997, p. 7.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harold L. George」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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