Name: Indra Lal "Laddie" Roy Country: India Rank: 2nd Lieutenant Service: Royal Flying Corps Squadrons: 40, 56 Victories: 10 Born: 2 December 1898 Place of Birth: Calcutta Died: 22 July 1918 Place of Death: Near Carvin Notes 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 July 1917. The following week, he crashed an S.E.5a and was sent back to England for remedial training. In June 1918, despite the opinion that he was medically unfit to fly, he was reassigned to 40 Squadron. 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 S.E.5a went down in flames during a dogfight with several Fokker D.VII's. Roy's Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded posthumously. Aces ╖ Aircraft ╖ Books ╖ Chat ╖ Forum ╖ Guests ╖ Links ╖ Medals ╖ News ╖ Search ╖ Vote Copyright ⌐ 1997,1998 The Aerodrome Page revised on 08 Jun 1998