Legion Magazine, Canada. Only VC awarded solely on enemy testimonial

Canada's Legion Magazine posts most of their major articles on-line for posterity.

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Note: It is not intuitive. Click on the link. Then you have to click on each topic title itself to see the expanded article.

It is worth the trouble to poke around elsewhere too. Lots of good articles.

(Snippit) Example: Sub Hunters In Africa: Air Force, Part 50
has an interesting bit of information about FO Lloyd Trigg, the only Victoria Cross recipient ever awarded on evidence provided solely by the enemy.
http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbtrigg.htm

U-Boat Crew Testimonial: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/ww...in-who-shot-down-nz-vc-winner-found-7724.html

George N. Goodwin of Erickson, B.C., had enlisted in the RCAF in September 1941, trained as a pilot, and in January 1943 was posted to No. 111 Operational Training Unit, Nassau, Bahamas. While there he was teamed up with a crew comprised mainly of New Zealanders, headed up by FO Lloyd Trigg. In June 1943, the crew ferried a Liberator bomber to Britain and then to No. 200 Sqdn., based in Gambia. On Aug. 11, 1943, during their first sortie on the new aircraft, they encountered U-468 southwest of Dakar.

The Liberator attacked in the face of withering anti-aircraft fire and was on fire when it dropped its depth charges with great accuracy.
The aircraft crashed just beyond the sinking U-boat, killing all on board.

Seven survivors of U-468, including its captain, were picked up by warships, and later testified to the bravery of the Liberator crew.
Trigg was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross
— the only such award ever made on evidence provided solely by the enemy.

We will never know what part Goodwin had in the attack, but each of the Liberator’s crew is commemorated on the Malta Memorial, one of many dedicated to those with no known graves.

FO Lloyd Trigg http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/20002.detail?Ordinal=1



George N. Goodwin