No. 200 Squadron Royal Air Force

No.200 squadron was formed on 25th May 1941 from a section of No. 206 Squadron RAF at RAF Bircham Newton in Norfolk. Their task was to undertake the operational duties of a Coastal Command General Reconnaissance Landplane Squadron from West Africa. The Advance party departed for Gambia the same evening.
The Squadron was employed on anti-sumarine patrols and convoy escort duties from a number of bases in West Africa until March 1944, and then was relocated to India to undertake similar work in the Sea of Bengal. In April 1945 it was briefly redeployed to provide Special Duties flights delivering supplies to forces behind enemy lines in Burma. The Squadron reverted to maritime operations on 15th May 1945 when it was renumbered as No.8 Squadron.
Bases used by 200 Squadron:

Bircham Newton: 25th May 1941
Gibraltar: 12 to 18th June 1941
Jeswang, Gambia: 18th June to 13th March 1943
Takoradi, Ghana: Detachment 21st November 1941 to 12th January 1943;

Hastings, Gold Coast: Detachment 12th January 1942 to 18th December 1942
Robertsfield, Liberia: Detachment August 1942 to April 1943 (?)
Waterloo, Gold Coast: Detachment from 18th December 1942 to 3rd September 1943
Port Etienne, Mauritania: Detachment from 16th January 1943 to 24th September 1943.

Yundum, Gambia from 13th March 1943 to 30th March 1944

Robertsfield, Liberia: Detachment 6th February 1944 to 7th March 1944.

St Thomas Mount, India from 8th April 1944 to 5th April 1945

Cuttack: Detachment from 18th May to 14th July 1944.
Sigiriya, Ceylon: Detachment from30th June to 4th August 1944.
Cuttack: Detachment from 18th October to 27th December 1944.
Endal: Detachment from 15th to 25th March 1945.
Jessore: Detachment from 28th March
Cuttack: Detachment from 28th March to 22nd April 1945.

Jessore from 5th April 1945
Squadron disbanded by redesignation as No.8 Squadron on 15th May 1945.

25th May 1941 New Squadron formed and departs for Africa

12th June 1941 Aircraft flown to Gibraltar

14th June 1941 Hurricanes delivered to Malta

18th June 1941 Aircraft arrive in Gambia

24th June 1941 Airmen arrive in Gambia

26th June 1941 Embarkation

30th June 1941 Operations commence

4th July 1941 French destroyer fires on RAF

5th Jul 1941 Convoy

16th July 1941 Survivors reach Freetown

31st July 1941 Monthly Report

12th August 1941 Survivors rejoin squadron

6th September 1941 Observations

10th September 1941 Aircraft missing

11th September 1941 Missing aircrew rescued

17th September 1941 Missing crew return to base

20th September 1941 U-Boat attacked

30th September 1941 Monthly report

13th October 1941 Top brass visit

30th November 1941 Monthly report

31st December 1941 Monthly Report

12th January 1942 Reconnaissance

23rd January 1942 Burnt out

29th January 1942 Reinforcements

31st January 1942 Monthly Report

31st March 1942 Monthly report

18th May 1942 Aircrew interned by the French

31st May 1942 Monthly Report

7th June 1942 French attack

13th June 1942 Sunderland missing

18th June 1942 Reconnaissance

30th June 1942 Sunderland crew found

25th July 1942 Submarine attacked

30th August 1942 Transit aircraft crash

16th September 1942 Two Canadian crews lost

24th September 1942 General de Gaulle

30th September 1942 Monthly report

7th November 1942 New airfield operational

13th November 1942 French pilot arrives at RAF base

22nd November 1942 Crash on take-off

18th December 1942 Detachments

5th January 1943 Ditched Sunderland found

6th January 1943 Canadian crew killed

7th January 1943 Crash in Ghana

9th January 1943 Ferry crew killed

16th January 1943 Move to French airbase

16th February 1943 French aircraft collected

18th February 1943 French arrival

13th March 1943 Move in Gambia

3rd April 1943 French aircraft escort convoy

10th April 1943 Lifeboat sighted

18th April 1943 Merchant ship torpedoed

26th April 1943 USAAC Liberator attached

1st May 1943 Three merchant ships torpedoed

25th May 1943 French visitors

16th July 1943 Merchantman damaged by U-Boat

31st July 1943 Liberators delivered

11th August 1943 Liberator and U-Boat destroyed

13th August 1943 U-Boat attacked?

17th August 1943 U-Boat attacked?

27th August 1943 Communications flight missing

3rd September 1943 Detachment withdrawn

24th September 1943 Conversion to Liberators complete

31st October 1943 Squadron expanded

7th November 1943 Flying restricted

17th November 1943 Yellow Fever

27th December 1943 Blockade Interception Policy

18th January 1944 Blockade patrols ended

26th January 1944 Blockade

30th January 1944

6th February 1944 Detachment

12th February 1944 U-Boat attack

7th March 1944 Notice of move

14th March 1944 New command arrangements

16th March 1944 Flight plan to India

21st March 1944 Transport assistance

29th March 1944 First arrivals in India

30th March 1944 Catalogue of complaints

31st March 1944 Departure from West Africa

4th May 1944 Operations resumed

18th May 1944 Detachment

30th June 1944 Detachment

14th July 1944 Exercises with Dutch Navy

30th August 1944 Increased operations

27th October 1944 Elusive U-Boat

6th November 1944 Ship torpedoed

3rd December 1944 U-Boat attacked

27th December 1944 Operations suspended

5th February 1945 Operations resumed

25th March 1945 Transport role

28th March 1945 Special Duties

5th April 1945 Move to Jessore

30th April 1945 Special Duties

1st May 1945 Disbanded

15th May 1945 Renumbered

21st May 1945 Move to Ceylon

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F/O LLoyd Allan Trigg VC, DFC. 200 Sqdn. (d.11th Aug 1943)

F.O Lloyd Trigg was aged 29 when he died. He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial in Malta. He was the son of Francis Arthur Trigg, and of Cecilia Louisa Trigg (nee White); husband of Nola Bernice Trigg, of Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand.
Citation: The London Gazette of 29th October, 1943, gives the following particulars; "Flying Officer Trigg had rendered outstanding service on convoy escort and anti-submarine duties. He had completed his operational sorties and had invariably displayed skill and courage of a very high order. One day in August, 1943, he undertook, as captain and pilot, a patrol in a Liberator although he had not previously made any operational sorties in that type of aircraft. After a search of eight hours' duration, a surfaced U-boat was sighted. Flying Officer Trigg immediately prepared to attack. During the approach the aircraft received many hits from the submarine's anti-aircraft guns and burst into flames. Flying Officer Trigg could have broken off the engagement and made a forced landing in the sea but if he continued the attack every second spent in the air would diminish his chances of survival. There could have been no hesitation or doubt in his mind. In spite of the precarious condition of his aircraft, he maintained his course and executed a masterly and devastating attack. A short distance further on the Liberator dived into the sea with the gallant captain and crew. The U-boat sank within 20 minutes and some of her crew were picked up later in a rubber dinghy that had broken loose from the Liberator"

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F/O. Lloyd Allen Trigg VC DFC. 200 Sqdn (d.11th Aug 1943)

Lloyd Trigg was killed in action on 11/08/1943, Aged 29. He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial in Malta. He was the son of Francis Arthur Trigg, and of Cecilia Louisa Trigg (nee White); husband of Nola Bernice Trigg, of Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand.
The London Gazette of 29th October, 1943, gives the following particulars; Flying Officer Trigg had rendered outstanding service on convoy escort and anti-submarine duties. He had completed his operational sorties and had invariably displayed skill and courage of a very high order. One day in August, 1943, he undertook, as captain and pilot, a patrol in a Liberator although he had not previously made any operational sorties in that type of aircraft. After a search of eight hours' duration, a surfaced U-boat was sighted. Flying Officer Trigg immediately prepared to attack. During the approach the aircraft received many hits from the submarine's anti-aircraft guns and burst into flames. Flying Officer Trigg could have broken off the engagement and made a forced landing in the sea but if he continued the attack every second spent in the air would diminish his chances of survival. There could have been no hesitation or doubt in his mind. In spite of the precarious condition of his aircraft, he maintained his course and executed a masterly and devastating attack. A short distance further on the Liberator dived into the sea with the gallant captain and crew. The U-boat sank within 20 minutes and some of her crew were picked up later in a rubber dinghy that had broken loose from the Liberator.

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