Philip Hartstein

Pilot, 7 Squadron
Service number 158031
Died 9 October 1943
Buried Hanover War Cemetery, Germany
Age 21

Headstone Inscription
‘SADLY MISSED BY HIS MOTHER, SISTERS AND BROTHERS. GOD REST HIS SOUL IN PEACE’

Philip was the son of Abraham and Annie née Herman of Willesden.

Philip’s brother Emmanuel was also killed serving in Bomber Command in 1944.

Click on the links below for Philip’s story.

Courtesy of Simon Sommerville the following gives details of the crew’s operations. P. Hartstein crew 3.7.43 | 75(nz)squadron (wordpress.com)

Resources

Story of Philip’s Family Download
Philip’s Early Life and Death Download

Gallery

  • 1901 Census Philip Hartstein
  • 1911 Census Abraham Hartstein
  • 1911 Census Philip Hartstein
  • 1939 Register
  • Abraham Hartstein
  • Abraham Hartstein death announcement
  • Annie Herman
  • Marylebone Mercury 29 Jan 1944
  • Jewish Chronicle announcement
  • Philip Hartstein Senior Death announcement
  • Philip Hartstein Senior
  • Philip
  • Philip’s Memorial