Harold Huston George (14 September 1892 – 29 April 1942) was a general officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

He began his military career before World War I when he enlisted as a private in the 3rd New York Infantry Regiment.

[1] George joined the New York National Guard on 5 July 1916, during the crisis caused by Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico.

He went to Kelly Field, Texas, for additional training before going to Tours, France, as commanding officer of the 201st Aero Squadron in October 1917.

[2] He scored his first two victories on 27 October, near Bantheville, France, he struck a formation of four enemy Fokkers, destroying two and driving the other two away.

His Distinguished Service Cross came through after war's end, in 1919[1] After his return to the United States, George married Vera McKenna, whom he had met in Tours where she was working, on 5 April 1919, in New York City.

On 1 February 1940, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and named commander of the 31st Pursuit Group, newly activated at Selfridge.

George died as a result of a ground accident at Batchelor Field, southeast of Darwin, Australia in late April 1942.

George had just arrived at Batchelor on a Lockheed C-40 and was standing near it, when the pilot of a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk of the 49th Fighter Group lost directional control on takeoff.

[4] The USAAF opened George Army Airfield, a flying training base at Lawrenceville, Illinois, in August 1942.