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Military service
Service number:
R/69808
Age:
25
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
July 15, 1917
Death:
August 5, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 103.
Additional information
Son of Albert C. and Susan E. Firman. Husband of Lillian D. Firman, of Barrie, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
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Essay
The Barrie Examiner reported in April 1943:<BR> Now Presumed Dead<BR> F/SGT. G. A. FIRMAN<P> Mrs. Lillian (Simmons) Firman 108 Peel St. Barrie, has received official word from RCAF Headquarters, Ottawa, that her husband Flt/Sgt. George Albert Firman only son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Firman, Orillia, formerly of Barrie, is now presumed dead. He had been reported missing in air operations on August 4, 1942, and his name had appeared in the official casualty list September 11 last as missing overseas. He enlisted in the RCAF in July 1940, and went overseas in June 1941. He was born in Niagara Falls, N.Y. on July 15, 1917 but lived in Barrie most of his life.<P> Research by Sarah Bowey. -
Cenotaph
Barrie Cenotaph -
Street sign
Barrie street named in honour of Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman with a poppy. -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Barrie flag for Flight Sergeant George Firman. -
Photo of George Albert Firman
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Barrie Examiner c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Barrie Examiner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 73 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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