During the war, George served as the Captain of the 13th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron. The act of ferrying aircraft was pivotal to the success of the allied air force. Ferrying squads' primary objective was the transfer, or ferrying, of military planes from factory or storage houses to the designated stations or fronts. Ferrying squads were also assigned the tasks of training, servicing, and maintaining the aircraft. Ferrying overall was an extremely infant act for the US that had only been 2 months before Pearl Harbor and was most likely designed with the war itself in mind.
The 13th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron was established on February 18, 1942, and was activated later that year on March 7, 1942. The Squadron underwent many revisions, to the 13th Transport Squadron on March 24, 1943, five months after the death of Davis. They were last identified as the 13th Aeromedical Transport Squadron. On August 9, 1943, the members of the 13th Transport Squadron were transferred to the 29th Transport Group under Lieutenant Colonel J.W. Gurr. In the modern-day, they are referred to as Tactical Airlift Squadrons.
The 13th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron itself was a non-combat logistics unit that moved aircraft and supplies from the U.S. to forward areas, unlike Troop Carrier Squadrons that were combat units that delivered troops and equipment to the front lines. They had a multitude of stations: In Pope Field North Carolina in 1942; Charleston South Carolina in 1942; Karachi, Sindhi, India (Modern day Pakistan) in 1942 or 1943; Sookerating Assam, India in 1942 or 1943; Chabua Afld, Assam, India in 1943; Brookley Air Force Base in Mobile, Alabama from 1952-1957; Dobbins Air Force Base, Marietta, Alabama from 1969-1970.
As Captain of the 13th Air Corps Ferrying Squadron, Davis was the highest-ranking officer that could still be on the front lines. And since he was an air force officer in 1942, the air force was still a part of the army so the ranks were not split. Captains were in charge of 60 to 200 others in their company.