George Acorn was born on 23rd August 1923, he was the son of Edgar Franklyn and Lena Judson Acorn (nee Sheppard) of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Little is known about his early life other than he trained as a wireless operator / air gunner and was eventually posted to 408 Squadron. Following baling out of Halifax JD174 he was uninjured and as with many of his then crew he was soon posted to 405 Squadron who were an RCAF Pathfinder squadron.

On 3rd / 4th December 1943 he was flying in Lancaster JB222 on an operational flight to bomb Leipzig, the aircraft left Gransden Lodge at 00.24hrs and failed to return. The aircraft crashed near Delitzsch, Germany with the loss of the crew of seven, all were initially buried locally but all now lie in Berlin War Cemetery. WO2 George Acorn was only twenty years old, he left an older sister.