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| record template2 = }} George Edgar Abecassis DFC (21 March 1913 – 18 December 1991) was an English racing driver who showed no fear, on the track, in the air as a World War II bomber pilot, or as a Prisoner of war. Abecassis, who through sheer determination and skill made the transition from the amateur to the professional in motor racing – and helped to create a new marque, HWM, along the way, he was one of the last amateur drivers whose experience and dedication to the sport made him a self-professional, and whose success and effort both sides of the WWII, made him a household name. His accomplished and courageous driving of his cars such as Altas and Bugattis, and in the Aston Martin, Austin-Healey, and HWM teams, made him an important figure in British racing in its own right. ==Early life== George was born in the village of Oatlands, Surrey. Both his parents were American citizens, his mother, Marie being born and raised in California, while his father was born in Portugal and had come to England, as a young man with his parents. Together with his sister, Ghita, they lived happily in Oatlands, but inflation, increased tax and poor markets returns meant that in 1918, they relocated to the United States, whose economy was unaffected by World War I.〔http://www.george.abecassis.com/lifeachievements.html〕 The family lived in Stamford, Connecticut, for a short time before leaving for Brazil, as his father, David was posted as the representative of the American leather industry. They did not stay long, as David died of a heart attack, while on a business trip to Argentina, and they returned to Stamford in a hurry. By 1921, Marie and the children were back in England. They lived in London, George went to preparatory school in Pyrford, and then on to Clifton College, Bristol.〔 He left college in 1931, did not start his City & Guilds course until the following year. Soon after that, he crashed his motorbike and to raise the money for a car, he used the salvage value of the bike, and blackmailed his mother for the difference. That car was a standard Austin 7 Chummy, and obtained his driving license.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Abecassis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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