Aviators from crashed WWII bomber laid to rest after 80 years

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Guest authors

Warrant Officer Russell Grigg (navigator) and Warrant Officer Clement Wiggins (pilot), who died when their aircraft Beaufort A9-186 went down off the coast of Papua New Guinea in September 1943, were interred last month at Bomana War Cemetery.

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