World War II Honoree

George Albert Firman

Hometown

Niagara Falls, New York

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. ENLISTED IN JULY 1940. EARNED HIS WIRELESS OPERATOR/AIR GUNNER WING BADGE AT NO. 4 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL, FINGAL, ONTARIO ON MAY 24, 1941. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 44 'RHODESIA' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS AVRO LANCASTER MK. 1 (R5603) WAS LOST WITHOUT A TRACE DURING A BOMBING RAID TO ESSEN, GERMANY ON AUGUST 5, 1942. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 103 AT THE AIR FORCES MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE, ENGLEFIELD GREEN, SURREY, ENGLAND.