Editing Lloyd Trigg (section)

==Military career==
Trigg joined the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] (RNZAF) as a trainee pilot on 15 June 1941.<ref name=vconline/> On enlistment, his occupation was recorded as "machinery salesman"<ref name=cenotaph/> and he was married with two sons, having married Nola McGarvey in 1938.<ref name=vconline/>  After completing basic training at the RNZAF base at [[Levin, New Zealand|Levin]], Trigg attended pilot training school at No. 3 EFS in [[Canada]].<ref name=vconline/> Noted for his hard work and willingness to learn, he was recommended for a commission.{{sfn|Harper|Richardson|2007|pp=296–297}} He obtained his [[Aircrew brevet|pilot's wings]] on 16 January 1942, and was commissioned as a [[pilot officer]]. After converting onto the [[Lockheed Hudson]] and completing further training at a reconnaissance school,<ref name=vconline/> Trigg was promoted to [[flying officer]] and embarked for the [[United Kingdom|UK]] in October 1942, to join [[Coastal Command]].{{sfn|Harper|Richardson|2007|pp=296–297}}

He was posted to West Africa in November 1942 and joined [[No. 200 Squadron RAF|200 Squadron RAF]] in January 1943. As a first pilot he took part in over 46 operational reconnaissance patrols, convoy escort flights and anti-submarine patrols.{{sfn|Ashcroft|2007|p=347}} Having previously operated Hudsons, the squadron later converted to the maritime version of the [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|B-24 Liberator]].{{sfn|Halley|1969|p=126}}{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=67}}  He was an experienced pilot (he had already been awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Flying Cross]])<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36059|supp=y|pages=2769–2770|date=15 June 1943}}</ref> having been involved in two attacks against [[U-boat]]s in February 1943.{{sfn|Ashcroft|2007|p=347}}

He was flying his first operational flight in a Liberator V over the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] from his base at Yundumn, West Africa (now [[Banjul]], [[The Gambia]]), when on 11 August 1943 he engaged the {{GS|U-468}} under the command of ''[[Oberleutnant zur See|Oberleutnant]]'' Klemens Schamong.<ref name=Trigg/> His aircraft received several catastrophic hits from the submarine's [[anti-aircraft gun]]s during its approach to the submarine and was on fire as Trigg made his final attack.{{sfn|Ashcroft|2007|pp=346–347}}

After dropping its depth charges, Trigg's Liberator crashed 300 yards behind its victim, killing Trigg and his crew. The only surviving witnesses to Trigg's actions were the U-boat crew members. The badly damaged U-boat sank soon after the attack but a small group of survivors (including Schamong) were spotted by an RAF [[Short Sunderland]] of No. 204 Squadron in the dinghy of the crashed Liberator, drifting off the coast of West Africa. They were rescued by a [[Royal Navy]] vessel, {{HMS|Clarkia}}, the next day,{{sfn|Ashcroft|2007|p=348}} and the German crew reported the incident, recommending Trigg be decorated for his bravery. On 2 November 1943, Trigg was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for his actions.{{sfn|Ashcroft|2007|p=346}}
[[File:HMS Clarkia picks up dinghy of Trigg's Liberator, October 1943.jpg|thumb|right|The intelligence officer of HMS ''Clarkia'' inspects the dinghy from Trigg's crashed Liberator, used by the survivors of the destroyed U-boat.]]

The Victoria Cross was presented to Trigg's widow, Nola,<ref name=cenotaph>{{cite web |url=http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C20002 |title=Lloyd Allan Trigg |work=Online Cenotaph |publisher=Auckland Museum |access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref> by the Governor General of New Zealand, [[Cyril Newall, 1st Baron Newall|Sir Cyril Newall]], on 28 May 1944.{{sfn|Ashcroft|2007|p=348}}{{sfn|Bowman|2014|p=117}} At his wife's request, the presentation took place at the Trigg family home so that family and friends could be present. It was the last Victoria Cross to be won by a New Zealander; the [[Victoria Cross for New Zealand]], established in 1999, is now the highest gallantry award that can be bestowed on a New Zealand serviceman.{{sfn|Harper|Richardson|2007|pp=296–297}}

Since Trigg has no burial place, he is commemorated on the [[Malta Memorial]] to the 2,298 Commonwealth aircrew who lost their lives around the Mediterranean during the Second World War and who have no known grave.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1533454 |title=Casualty details—Trigg, Lloyd Alan|publisher=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] |access-date=29 October 2008}}</ref>