George Field is a former World War II military airfield, located 5 miles east-northeast of Lawrenceville, Illinois.

[1] He was killed when a Curtiss P-40 of the 49th Fighter Group lost directional control on takeoff and struck the parked Lockheed C-40 in which the General had just arrived at the base after escaping from the Philippines.

[3] General George had joined the Air Service, United States Army in 1917, and flew with the 139th Aero Squadron on the Western Front in France.

[5] In late May 1943, severe flooding occurred in the Lawrence County area as a result of two weeks of almost ceaseless rain.

It was impossible to get to either Lawrenceville or Vincennes, Indiana from the airfield except by boat when the levee broke on the Wabash River.

[9] A change of mission was made and George Field was placed under the 805th Army Air Force Base Unit.

ATSC's mission was to remove all usable military equipment from the property and dispose of items which no longer had a useful need.

George Field was conveyed though the War Assets Administration (WAA) to the City of Lawrenceville, Illinois on 16 November 1948 to establish a municipal airport.