After George Meyer completed elementary and high school, he went to work for the customs service from 1911 to 1912.
[2] Meyer transferred to duty with Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches on 1 February 1916.
He had two unconfirmed victories there; then Josef Jacobs transferred to Jasta 7 on 2 August, taking Meyer with him.
Meyer ran his score to four confirmed and two unconfirmed victories before being posted on to Jasta 37 on 25 March 1918.
In June, the unit re-equipped with Fokker D.VIIs, and Meyer began to quickly accumulate victories.
[1] On 22 January 1920, the Prussian National Assembly decided that Meyer should be awarded the Blue Max later.