Indra Lal Roy

Indra Lal Roy was the sole Indian World War I flying ace. While serving in the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force, he claimed ten aerial victories; five aircraft destroyed, and five 'down out of control' in just over 170 hours flying time, making him the first Indian flying ace.

2 December 1898

Born on the same birth day (2 December): Alfred Enoch • Amin Saikal • Arvo Askola • Charlie Puth • Erima Northcroft • Francesco Toldo • Harriet Cohen • Herta Hammerbacher • Joe Lo Truglio • Kelefa Diallo • Luigi Malafronte • Manohar Joshi • Marc Platt (dancer) • Michael McIndoe • Mike Larrabee • Otto Dix • Patricia Hewitt • Péter Máté (footballer, born 1984) • Richard Montgomery • Silk Smitha • Sylvia Syms (singer) • Taisto Mäki • Wayne Allard

Born in the same month (December 1898): Alfred Eisenstaedt • Baby Dodds • Carl-Gustaf Rossby • Cyril Ritchard • Emmett Kelly • Grace Moore • Gunnar Myrdal • Inejirō Asanuma • Irene Dunne • Irene Greenwood • John McDonald (Victorian politician) • Konstantinos Dovas • Loren Murchison • Shigematsu Sakaibara • Stuart Garson • Vladimir Fock • Winifred Lenihan