George Fenn joined the RAF Vountary Reserves in June 1939 and was called up shortly after the outbreak of war. He served with 335 Wing Satellite Sector at Felixstowe, Martlesham and then Croydon. Prior to his call-up, he was circulation manager of the East Anglian Daily Times and Evening Star and, in a letter to B. R. Wilson of that pulication, George records his daily routine at Martlesham as follows:-"Most have been issued with rifles and ammunition and we have to parade on the Square at 3.00am and 9.00pm daily, subsequently moving off to our respective centres (viz. fire fighting, gas decontamination, sharp shooting, first aid etc.), where we have to remain for a imnimum of one hour. I am a member of the gas decontamination squads and thus have the doubtful pleasure of changing into anti-gas clothes each parade. Any spare time lately has been occupied with such pursuits as sandbag filling and wire laying. If Hitler does try and take the aerodrome - as seems to be feared - we not only promise his parachutists a warm reception, but, what's more, will see they b..... get it".

In June 1943 he sailed to Sicily and disembarked at Augusta on 19th July 1943, nine days after the start of the invasion of Sicily.On 25th May 1944 he was a passenger on a Marauder aircraft serial number MB515 which took off from Maison Blanche airfield Algeria en route to Catania. At an estimated 10.50 hours, the aircraft flew into the side of a hill where it disintegrated and caught fire. The crashed aircraft was found burnt out on 28th May, 10kms north of Takelea Cap Bon Tunisia. The bodies of the 4 crew members and 2 passengers were found nearby and George's body was identified by personal papers