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): Alan Thomson (cricketer) • Botho Strauss • Carlo Furno • Darryl Kile • David Hackett Fischer • Francis Fox • George Saunders • Georges Seurat • Graham Kavanagh • Iakovos Kambanellis • Ibrahim Rugova • Isaac Bitton • Ivan Bagramyan • Julie Harris • Maria Callas • Maëlle Ricker • Nelly Furtado • Tal Wilkenfeld • Treach

Born in the same month (December 1898): Alfred Eisenstaedt • Baby Dodds • Cyril Ritchard • 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