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On 11 August 1943, Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg from Houhara, Northland, was killed in action while on anti-submarine duties. Trigg was flying his first operational flight in a Liberator V (having previously flown Hudsons) over the Atlantic when he engaged the German submarine U-468 under the command of Oberleutnant Klemens Schamong. His aircraft received several catastrophic hits from the submarine's anti-aircraft guns during its approach. In flames, the aircraft continued its attack, dropped its depth charges, and then crashed 300 yards behind the submarine, killing Trigg and his crew. The badly damaged U-boat sank soon after the attack with the loss of 42 hands but seven survivors (including Schamong) were spotted in the dinghy of the crashed Liberator, drifting off the coast of West Africa. They were rescued by a Royal Navy vessel HMS Clakia the next day and Schamong reported the incident, recommending Trigg be decorated for his bravery. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for the attack, which was unique as it was awarded on evidence solely provided by the enemy, for an action in which there were no surviving Allied witnesses to corroborate his gallantry. In 2007, Schamong repeated his praise for Trigg, stating "such a gallant fighter as Trigg would have been decorated in Germany with the highest medal or order." This letter to Trigg's wife from RAF Squadron Leader W H Ingle was written just days after his death, and comes from a larger file on Trigg. The file itself belongs to a previously restricted series of Military Personnel Files (Gallantry Medal Recipients) which have recently become open access. Among the series are other VC winners such as Charles Upham, all of which can now be ordered: www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=18806 Archives Reference: AALJ 18806 W2470 Box 1/ 5/2/7610 www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=7519903 More on Lloyd Trigg can be found at muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/20002.detail?O... For updates on our On This Day series and news from Archives New Zealand, follow us on Twitter twitter.com/ArchivesNZ Material from Archives New Zealand |
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