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Military service
Service number:
R/85961
Age:
35
Rank:
Warrant Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
102 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
February 14, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. H. 12.
Additional information
Son of John Kalil Farah and Sadie Farah. Husband of Ida Farah, of Pocklington, Yorkshire, England.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer George Farah
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GEORGE FARAH
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Groesbeek Cemetery
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P> WO2 Farah was Air Gunner on Halifax W7880. Airborne 1825 14 Feb 42 from Pocklington on a mission to Cologne, it was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 2030 at Veulen (Limburg) 5 km SSW of Venray, Holland. All were taken to the temporary Military Cemetery at Venlo. The crew members who are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery are: WO2 A. N. Conner, RCAF, and RAF F/S J.L.Hartshorn and Sgts J.W.Kilyon, H.A.Cheasman, F.W.Cox, and A.O.Gilbert. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
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Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer George Farah is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer George Farah is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
TORONTO STAR "Pages of the Past" online 1943, Sept 16
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer George Farah
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer George Farah
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer George Farah
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer George Farah
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer George Farah
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer George Farah
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer George Farah
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer George Farah
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer George Farah
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 158 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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