Lieutenant Roy O. Hesketh (1915 in

Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg (; Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its Zulu name umGungundlovu ...

, South Africa – 19 September 1944, above

Great Bitter Lake The Great Bitter Lake ( ar, البحيرة المرة الكبرى; Arabic transliteration, transliterated: ''al-Buḥayrah al-Murra al-Kubrā'') is a large saltwater lake in Egypt that is part of the Suez Canal. Before the canal was built in ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

) was a South African racing driver and

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pilot. Lieutenant Roy Hesketh died in

in an aircraft collision in the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. The

Roy Hesketh Circuit The Roy Hesketh Circuit was a racing circuit located on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal. It was named after South African racing driver Roy Hesketh, who died in the Second World War. Doug Aldridge, Colin Dove, Ossie Fisher ...

was named after him. He was buried at the Fayid War Cemetery in Fayid, Egypt.Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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* 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 {{SouthAfrica-autoracing-bio-stub