William Heap

William Heap is a character in the Eagle Legion series.

He is a general who works for the Royal Australian Air Force, though in the first few novels he is a fighter pilot holding the rank of Major. He first appears in Eagle Legion: A Valiant Beginning, Eagle Legion: The Road Ahead, Eagle Legion: Redemption and finally,''' Eagle Legion: Revolution. '''



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Early Life
 William was born to Keith Heap, a factory worker, and Margaret Brooks, a teacher, at Sydney, Australia in June 18, 1970. The family then moved to Melbourne, Australia for his college education. At this time, William was able to do consistently well, making up for his somewhat lackluster performance in grade school, and his good but not great marks in high school. He commented, “I barely made it to the honor roll in high school every single time.”

Outside of school, William was interested in swimming and going to the gym. He participated in swimming contests while representing his school and won 3 silver medals and one gold medal. In gym, he would often play table tennis as well with his father.

Military Career (IJSF era)
After graduating from the Royal Australian Air Force’s academy in Canberra, William was then assigned to be part of 75 Squadron. A few years later, he became the squadron leader. His first deployment was at Balikatan 2002, with several other pilots from different air forces. It was here where he met Raven Rickenbacker, Stanley Jefferson and Sulaiman Arvian, whom he would strike a good relationship with. He then defended the base with the pilots present from an NPA attack supported by an unknown air force supporting the latter.

Later on, he was promoted to General, and received awards for his gallantry and heroism in combat.

Personal Traits
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">William is a brave, tough, robust and calculating pilot. He is able to turn the battles to his advantage quickly, and is able to match even the worst of the Order’s generals. As a pilot, he was able to coordinate his squadron when a lot of his pilots were shot down.

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Family Life
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">William has a wife named Rosemary, whom he met in high school. The 2 then went on to marry in the year 1999. Currently, they have a daughter named May.

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