WING COMMANDER WIGGINS, DSO., DFC. - Picture (issued 1945) shows - Wing Commander Albert Lloyd Wiggins, who was born in 1916 and whose home is at Woodville, South Australia. He enlisted in 1940 and was trained under the Commonwealth Joint Air training Plan, receiving his Commission in 1941. In November 1942, he received the He led an unescorted section of bombers to attack an enemy supply convoy off Tobruk. In the face of heavy defence fire, from escorting destroyers and shore batteries, he secured two direct hits on an enemy merchant vessel of 6,000 tons causing it to sink. In Nov
WING COMMANDER WIGGINS, DSO., DFC. - Picture (issued 1945) shows - Wing Commander Albert Lloyd Wiggins, who was born in 1916 and whose home is at Woodville, South Australia. He enlisted in 1940 and was trained under the Commonwealth Joint Air training Plan, receiving his Commission in 1941. In November 1942, he received the He led an unescorted section of bombers to attack an enemy supply convoy off Tobruk. In the face of heavy defence fire, from escorting destroyers and shore batteries, he secured two direct hits on an enemy merchant vessel of 6,000 tons causing it to sink. In November 1944 he was awarded the In the citation the success of an attack on a convoy of ten enemy ships was attributed largely to Wing Commander Wiggin's successful and gallant leadership. He is Wing Commander [Flying] at an Coastal Command station. Photographic negative , Royal Air Force
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