Roy Hesketh
Roy O. Hesketh (* 1915 in Pietermaritzburg , South Africa ; † September 19, 1944 , crashed over the Great Bitter Lake , Egypt ) was a South African motorcycle and automobile racer and officer.
Lieutenant Roy Hesketh died in an airplane collision in Egypt during World War II . The international Roy Hesketh Circuit in Pietermaritzburg , which opened in 1953, was named after him.
He was buried in a military cemetery in Fayed, Egypt .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vive le Roy! - Roy Hesketh , www.djrun.co.za, accessed May 15, 2013.
- ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission , accessed May 15, 2013.
- ↑ Quarry Curve and Henry's Knee (PDF; 8.9 MB), Natal Witness, November 26, 1997, accessed May 16, 2013.
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SURNAME | Hesketh, Roy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hesketh, Roy O. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African racing driver and pilot |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1915 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pietermaritzburg , South Africa |
DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1944 |
Place of death | Bitter lakes , Egypt |