Over Dunkirk on 2nd June 1940 Pigg destroyed a Ju87. His aircraft was damaged by machine-gun fire from another Stuka and he made a belly landing at Gravesend, slightly wounded in the leg. On 15th August Pigg claimed a Me110 destroyed. He was shot down and killed in combat with Me109s on 1st September 1940. His Spitfire, P9458, crashed and burned out on Elvey Farm, Pluckley.
