George Allen Simpson was 27 when he was co-piloting General Airways Flight 785, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain tail number N41748, on a cargo run from Portland to Anchorage in January 1952. The crew stopped to refuel at Annette, Alaska, and the last radio position report came in shortly after 11:47 AM on January 12. The aircraft later struck the southeast slope of Mt. Crillon at about 9,000 feet, roughly 30 miles off course, and wreckage was located from the air on January 13.

A fresh avalanche or new snowstorm buried the site by January 14, preventing ground recovery. Captain Burton L. McGuire and First Officer George A. Simpson could not be recovered; Simpson was described as a white male, 5 feet 10 inches, 145 pounds, brown hair, blue eyes, with freckles and two scars on his right shoulder. The probable cause was determined to be a navigation deviation. His remains have never been recovered and the case is listed as a suspected accident.

Did anyone have contact with George before the flight or any family recollections that could add to his story?