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Leading Aircraftman Norman Ralph Puffer was born on November 14, 1924 in Clarina, Ontario, to parents Russell Elmer and Mabel Beatrice Puffer.

On September 3, 1943 Puffer completed the Attestation Paper for the Royal Canadian Air Force at No 11 Recruiting Centre, No 1 Manning Depot, at Toronto, Ontario, and taken on strength as an Aircraftman 2nd Class (AC-2).  From there Puffer was posted to the No. 4 Wireless School in Guelph, Ontario, until March 1944 when he was sent to the Technical Training School at St. Thomas, Ontario.  In August of 1944 he was promoted to Aircraftman 1st Class (AC-1) and sent the RCAF Station at Mountain View, Ontario.  From there Puffer was sent to Lachine, Quebec and then to Britain in October of 1944, returning in June 1945 to Debert, Nova Scotia.  Puffer was promoted to the rank of Leading Aircraftman (LAC) in July of 1945 and discharged from service in September of 1945.

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