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Heater, Roy Esworth (Second-Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-June-07

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Birth Date: unkown date (age 26)

Born: Menlo, Iowa, USA

Edward Esworth Heater & Mary Jane Lyst

unmarried

Home: Snohomish, Washington, U.S.A.

Enlistment: Alberta

Service
RAF
Unit
44 (OT) TS- Training Squadron (RFC)
Base
Harlaxton England
Rank
Second-Lieutenant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
pilot
Service Numbers
Heater crossed the border into Alberta in order to enlist in the CEF. He later transferred to the RFC-RAF and was in training at Lincoln when the crash happened. 1918-06-07: Heater died in DH.9, C 1201; when it was involved in a collision in mid-air with DH.6, C-7251 of 47TS flown by Sgt A.W. Pilkin (not found in the record as hadn't passed licence yet) during aerial fighting practice.

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