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Person    | Female  Born 20/12/1958  Died 21/12/1988

Myra Josephine Royal

Categories: Aviation, Tragedy

Countries: Caribbean Islands, Scotland, USA

Myra Josephine Royal

Myra Josephine Royal was born on 20 December 1958 in the Dominican Republic and grew up in Houston, Texas, USA. She was a daughter of Boswell and Eloise Royal.

Our Picture Source and the gives more information about her including that she started working for Pan American World Airways on 2 March 1988. She was residing in Hanwell, London, when she died, aged 30 years, on 21 December 1988 as a flight attendant aboard Pan AM Flight 103 travelling from London (Heathrow) Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, when it exploded over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

She was , Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery,12800 Westheimer Road,  Houston, Harris County, Texas.

She is also commemorated on both the  and the  that are at Dryfesdale Cemetery, Dumfries Road, Lockerbie, DG11 1HZ, as well as on the in Arlington National Cemetery, 1 Memorial Avenue, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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