Roy Hesketh

Lieutenant Roy O. Hesketh (1915 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa – 19 September 1944, above Great Bitter Lake, Egypt) was a South African racing driver and South African Air Force pilot.

Lieutenant Roy Hesketh died in Egypt in an aircraft collision in the Second World War. The Roy Hesketh Circuit in Pietermaritzburg was named after him.

He was buried at the Fayid War Cemetery in Fayid, Egypt.

References

External links

http://www.djrun.co.za/Roy_Hesketh.html Vive le Roy! – Roy Hesketh

1915 births

1944 deaths

Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents

People from Pietermaritzburg

South African Air Force personnel of World War II

South African Air Force officers

South African military personnel killed in World War II

South African racing drivers

Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Egypt

Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1944