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Son of Albert C. and Susan E. Firman. Husband of Lillian D. Firman, of Barrie, Ontario.
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Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
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.
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Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Barrie Cenotaph
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Barrie street named in honour of Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman with a poppy.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Barrie flag for Flight Sergeant George Firman.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
From the Barrie Examiner c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
From the Barrie Examiner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
From the Barrie Examiner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman
From the Barrie Examiner c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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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.
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Barrie Cenotaph
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Barrie street named in honour of Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman with a poppy.
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Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant George Albert Firman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Barrie flag for Flight Sergeant George Firman.
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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.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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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
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From the Barrie Examiner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Barrie Examiner c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 73 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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