Wiggins, George Colin
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | George Colin |
Surname | Wiggins |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 14-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ernest Walter and Margaret McConnell Wiggins, of Gordon Park, Queensland, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling IV |
Serial Number | LK236 |
Markings | MA-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 15520. |
Epitaph | GOD'S GARDEN IS FILLED WITH THE BRAVE ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 264 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 425394 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 161 (Special Duties) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Gibraltar Farm Barn, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed Scrolls |
Memorial Text | In memory of 161 Sqn, RAF Tempsford February 1942 - June 1945 |
Location | Church of St. Peter, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Brass Plaques & Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | In memory of the men and women of 161 Sqn, RAF Tempsford including those of the Royal Australian Air Force, and SOE agents killed during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
The Mustang pilot, T W Kiley ASAAF, was also killed and lies in Cambridge US Military Cemetery |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1068/36 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1068/35 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-02-1945 |
End Date | 14-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Hit by a Mustang from 383rd Fighter Sqn while flying in poor visibility. Crashed at Potton, Bedfordshire |