Anstey, Philip James
Title
Anstey, Philip James
P J Anstey
Description
3 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Philp James Anstey (751929 Royal Air Force) and contains photographs and pages from Philip's personal record of the 9 operations he flew as an observer with 77 Squadron. He was killed on 16 December 1940 when the Whitley MK V in which he was flying was lost in the North Sea, some 20 miles off Scarborough.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Philip Appleton and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan.
Additional information on Philp James Anstey is available via the IBCC Losses Database.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Philip Appleton and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan.
Additional information on Philp James Anstey is available via the IBCC Losses Database.
Date
2017-10-31
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Anstey, PJ
Collection Items
Philip Anstey's personal record of operations
Contains details of the nine operations Philip flew to Stettin, Hanau, Maresburg, Cologne, Bremen, Magdeburg, Wesserling-Klon, the railyard in Berlin and the Leuna oil refinery. Includes descriptions of targets, weather conditions, defences…
Philip James Anstey
Philip standing in the garden wearing a Sidcot suit, holding a helmet and oxygen mask.
Philip James Anstey
Head and shoulder studio portrait of Philip in uniform showing his sergeant's stripes and observer's brevet. Annotated 'Sgt P.J.Anstey, Observer. Killed 16.12.40 when his aircraft ditched in North Sea on returning from Ops to Berlin.'.
Collection Tree
- Anstey, Philip James