George N Ali served as an automotive mechanic with the 1681st Ordnance Company at Molesworth, which bombed up the B-17s of the 303rd Bomb Group.



George grew up in Chicago with his parents, Nazaf and Bonita Ali, and his six siblings.

His father, born in Calcutta, India, had arrived in America in 1907 at Savannah, Georgia. It is likely that he first settled in New Orleans, Louisiana as this is where Nazaf's wife Bonita was from and where George's older sister Zelfa was born.



At the time of the 1930 census, George's father, Nazaf, was working as an oiler at a hotel and his language is listed as 'Hindu'.



George met Margaretta Boulter while he was stationed in the United Kingdom. She was from Newcastle, England. They were married and their first child, a daughter called Lana, was born in Chicago in January 1947. George worked as a bus driver to support his family.



In the summer of 1949 George and Lana sailed from New York to Liverpool, England, probably to visit Margaretta's parents. The address they headed for was 8 Pembroke Gardens, Northampton. Margaretta is not listed as travelling on this ship with them, but she does return with them to the United States later that year.



George died in 1991. Margaretta continued to live on in Chicago until her death in 1995.