Wiggs, George William Thomas
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | George William Thomas |
Surname | Wiggs |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 07-11-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of William and Eliza Wiggs. Husband of Primrose Elizabeth Maud Wiggs, of Regent's Park, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | T2516 |
Markings | LN- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Beilen General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot A. Grave 6. |
Epitaph | NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW Churchill Speech to the House of Commons 20 August 1940 |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 264 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1376554 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 99 (Madras Presidency) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Newmarket Heath Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of comrades who fell in battle during WW11 1939-1945 and all ranks who served on 99 Squadron Royal Air Force, the Squadron was based here from September 1939 until March 1941 |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/10153 (P363603/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/789/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/789/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 07-11-1941 |
End Date | 08-11-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Waterbeach |
Day/Night Raid | Night (87% moon) |
Operation | Berlin- industrial, railway and utility targets hit. Last raid on Berlin for more than a year |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Beilen, Holland |