Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36230/supplements/4813. Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg, D.F.C., (N.Z.413515) Royal New Zealand Air Force, 200 Squadron. On 11th August 1943 while on sea patrol in the Atlantic, Flying Officer Trigg sighted a surfaced U-boat which he immediately prepared to attack. During the approach, his aircraft received many hits from the submarine's anti-aircraft guns and was set on fire. The flying officer nevertheless continued his attack, diving to less than 50 feet and dropping his bombs with great accuracy. The crippled aircraft, with its crew, then crashed into the sea and the U-boat sank within 10 minutes. DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36059/supplements/2770.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36230/supplements/4813. Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg, D.F.C., (N.Z.413515) Royal New Zealand Air Force, 200 Squadron. On 11th August 1943 while on sea patrol in the Atlantic, Flying Officer Trigg sighted a surfaced U-boat which he immediately prepared to attack. During the approach, his aircraft received many hits from the submarine's anti-aircraft guns and was set on fire. The flying officer nevertheless continued his attack, diving to less than 50 feet and dropping his bombs with great accuracy. The crippled aircraft, with its crew, then crashed into the sea and the U-boat sank within 10 minutes. DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36059/supplements/2770.