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Indra
Roy
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| Country: |
India |
| Born: |
02 December 1898 |
| Place of Birth: |
Calcutta |
| Deceased: |
22 July 1918 |
| Rank: |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
40, 56 |
| Victories: |
10 |
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| When the war began, Roy was attending
school in England. In July 1917, he joined the
Royal Flying Corps and was posted to 56 Squadron
on 30 October 1917. A member of "A" Flight
under Richard Maybery, Roy crashed his S.E.5a
(B567) on the morning of 6 December and was injured.
When he recovered, he was sent back to England
for remedial training. Despite concerns that
he was medically unfit to fly, he was reassigned
to 40 Squadron under George McElroy on 19 June
1918. Upon his return to the front, the nineteen
year old was credited with ten victories in just
over 170 hours of flight time. On the morning
of 22 July 1918, three days after scoring his
final victory, the only Indian ace of the war
was killed in action when his plane went down
in flames over Carvin during a dogfight with
the Fokker D.VIIs of Jasta 29. |
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