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Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg VC DFC (5 May 1914 or 5 June 1914 – 11 August 1943), of Houhora, New Zealand, was a pilot in the RNZAF during World War II. He was a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy for British and Commonwealth armed forces, and received the award for pressing home an attack on a German U-boat in August 1943. He was killed in the action. His award is 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.

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  • Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg VC DFC (5 May 1914 or 5 June 1914 – 11 August 1943), of Houhora, New Zealand, was a pilot in the RNZAF during World War II. He was a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy for British and Commonwealth armed forces, and received the award for pressing home an attack on a German U-boat in August 1943. He was killed in the action. His award is 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. (en)
  • Lloyd Allan Trigg VC (* 5. Mai 1914 in Houhora, Neuseeland; † 11. August 1943) war ein neuseeländischer Kampfpilot im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Am 11. August 1943 entdeckte Lloyd Trigg, im Einsatz mit seinem schweren Bomber vom Typ Consolidated B-24 Liberator, die außer mit ihm mit sieben weiteren Fliegern bemannt war, in der britischen RAF Squadron 200, das von Oberleutnant zur See kommandierte deutsche U-Boot U 468 südwestlich von Dakar und griff es mit Wasserbomben an. Von U 468 wurde das Feuer mit dessen 20-mm-Flak erwidert und das Flugzeug in Brand geschossen. Trotzdem griff Lloyd Trigg mit der schwer getroffenen, brennenden Liberator erneut an und entlud die Bombenlast über dem U-Boot. Dicht neben diesem ins Wasser schlagende Wasserbomben reichten aus, das U-Boot so schwer zu treffen, dass (de)
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  • off Dakar, French West Africa (en)
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