Lieutenant Roy O. Hesketh[1] (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.
[2] 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.
[3][4] He was buried at the Fayid War Cemetery in Fayid, Egypt.
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