PL - George Nicholas Goodwin KIA

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Goodwin, George Nicholas (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-August-11

Canada

Birth Date: 1923 (age 20)

Son of Nicholas L. Goodwin, and of Maude Goodwin, of Erickson, British Columbia, Canada.

Home: Erickson, British Columbia

Service
RCAF

Unit
200 Sqn- Squadron

Rank

Flying Officer

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
Pilot

Service Numbers
J/14450

200 Squadron. Liberator aircraft BZ 832 lost during operations. Five RNZAF members of the crew, FSs A.G. Bennett, L.J. Frost, T.J. Soper, F/Os I. Marinovich, L.A. Trigg V.C., D.F.C., Pilot Officer R.A. Bonnick (RAF), and Flying Officer J.E.J. Townsend (RAF) were also killed. The London Gazette of October 29, 1943 gave 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 aircraft 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 antiaircraft 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 dimish 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 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. Trigg was the only one of the crew to be decorated. The V.C. was awarded due to the details provided by one of the German survivors of U468. addendum 2: G. N. Goodwin's name is also on a War Memorial at Creston, B.C. which is a few kilometers from Erickson. Detail provided by T. MacDonald, Calgary, Alberta.

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Liberator BZ832

Flying Officer Goodwin, George Nicholas (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-August-11
Malta War Memorial, Malta

Consolidated Liberator B-24 / F-7

(DND Photos via James Craik) (Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130) ex-USAAF Consolidated (Vultee) B-24L Liberator USAAF (44-50154)
ex-RAF (Serial No. 5009), ex-Indian Air Force (Serial No. HE773).
Currently preserved in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa Ontario.

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber flown by the RCAF during the Second Word War. It was designed with a shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing which gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. Early RAF Liberators were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a matter of routine. In comparison with its contemporaries the B-24 was relatively difficult to fly and had poor low speed performance; it also had a lower ceiling compared with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Of the roughly 18,500 B-24s built in the USA during the war, 148 were flown by the RCAF on long range anti-submarine patrols, with the B-24 serving an instrumental role in closing the Mid-Atlantic gap in the Battle of the Atlantic. The RCAF also flew a few B-24s post war as transports.

Roughly half of all (RAF) Liberator crews in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre were Canadian by the end of the war. John Muir of Vancouver flew the longest mission of the war: 24hrs, 10mins from Ceylon to Burma and back. (Kyle Hood) Harold Skaarup web page

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