Service Details
Name:
 HESKETH
Given Name:
 ROY OSCAR
Initials:
 R O
Service No:
 103792V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 29 Operational Training Unit
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-19
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Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Marauder III HD450, crashed into the Great Bitter Lake after a mid-air collision
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Hesketh, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa; husband of F. M. Hesketh, of Durban, Natal. Was a racing driver before WW2
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 FAYID WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 2. G. 14.

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