1895, Jan. 29Born, Lake Scugog, Ontario19161918Enlisted in 116th South Ontario Battalion, Accepted into Royal Canadian Expeditionary Force, Promoted to Lieutenant1918, Sept.Joined Canadian Air Force, stationed in France and Belgium flying bombing missions for various government departments1921Worked with Royal Canadian Air Force photographic survey, NW Canada19231926Worked for Canadian Air Board (mapping early radio communications, aircraft and radio equipment, flying)1929Senior member, Royal Canadian Air Force 1st Aerobatics Team, (Siskin) Display, Cleveland, OH1930Joined the Royal Canadian Air Force Staff College, England, Director of Civil Administration19311932Staff member CGAO Operations at Air Force Headquarters19331936SASO, MD2 Toronto1937OC 2, Army Co-operation Squadron, Ottawa19381940Director of Training for Royal Canadian Air Force, OttawaSASO, No.4 Training Command, Regina1941Directed and organized the funding of the building of the Service Flying School, Yorktown, Saskatchewan19421943AOC Air Staging Route to Alaska19421944AOC No.4 Training Command, Calgary1945Chairman, Organization Committee, AF HQ, Ottawa1946Retired from the Royal Canadian Air Force as Air Vice-Marshal19481949Director, Sicks' Breweries Ltd. and Sicks' Edmonton Brewery, President of the United Services Institute of Edmonton19501951Co-Ordinator of Civil Defense, Alberta1960, Oct.Canadian Delegate to Emergency Measures NATO Assembly, Paris
George R. Howsam was awarded the following awards of merit: Legion of Merit in Degree of Commander (United States, 1945), Order of White Lion (Czechoslovakia, 1946), and Commander de l'orde de la Couronne (Belgium, 1948). His works include: Rocky Mountain Foothills Offer Great Chance to Guilders (1923), and Industrial and Mechanical Development: War (1931).
From the guide to the George R. Howsam Papers, 1920-1981, (Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)