{"id":631,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=631"},"modified":"2021-03-14T11:28:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T11:28:32","slug":"phillips-roy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/phillips-roy\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillips, Roy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Navigator, 310 FTU
Service number 1520478
Died 7 September 1943
Buried Liverpool (Walton) Hebrew Burial Ground
Age 33<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roy (Reuben) was born on 2 October 1909 in Liverpool to Phillip and Perle (Polly) Isenstein. Roy’s parents were immigrants from Odessa who ran a wood importing and cabinet making business. Phillip predeceased Roy, dying in 1942. Roy had five siblings, Esther, Fanny, Myer and Michael. A younger brother Abraham died when he was eight years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before volunteering for the RAF Roy worked as a clerk and a projectionist at a cinema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roy was on board Wellington LN379 which took off from RAF Harwell on a night aircraft delivery flight to Tunis in North Africa. The aircraft experienced engine failure shortly after take off and crashed near Chardstock, Devon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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