Firman George Albert

Monuments

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

Name:

George Albert Firman

Rank:

Flight Sergeant

Serial Number:

R/69808

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1942-08-05

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Runnymede Borough, Surrey, England

Plot:

Panel 103

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George Albert Firman was born on July 15, 1917, in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York. He was the son of Albert C. and Susan E. Firman; husband of Lillian D. Firman, of Barrie, Ontario. He lived in Barrie most of his life.

George served in the 44 Squadron (Rhodesia) of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flight Sergeant during World War II. He also has a cenotaph in the Barrie Union Cemetery, in Ontario, Canada. A crew member on the Lancaster I R5603, he was declared missing on August 5, 1942, when their aircraft was lost without a trace from RAF Waddington, England. His body was never found.