World War II veteran and longtime Elsmere resident Ray Firmani, whose life was chronicled and celebrated in the book Against All Odds: The Ray Firmani Story, has died.
Firmani’s biographer Mitch Topal confirmed the B-17 bomber pilot died on Sunday, July 21, 2025, at the age of 103.
Firmani had been hospitalized since July 6th after suffering smoke inhalation at a fire in his Elsmere home…