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CAF Oral Histories - George Crawford

Oral History of George W. Crawford – WWII Bomber Pilot 1922 - 2018 George was raised in San Antonio and graduated from Brackenridge High School. He was an Eagle Scout and attended the first National Boy Scout Jamboree in 1937. He earned BS, MA and PhD degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. George served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII as a First Lieutenant and flew 50 missions as a B-24 bomber pilot. His book, Three Crawford Brothers, The WWII Memoirs of Three Pilots, documents this service. Professional experience included teaching at Clemson University, the UT Department of Petroleum Engineering, and SMU. He also headed the physics branch of the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine where he sent research into space in the Discoverer Rocket series beginning in 1959. George retired from SMU in 1992. He passed away peacefully at his home in Dallas on July 16, 2018. For more information about the Commemorative Air Force please visit www.CommemorativeAirForce.org.