RIP Sqn Ldr Tony Iveson

R.I.P Tony

It was a pleasure to meet him.

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In today’s DT

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/10439416/Squadron-Leader-Tony-Iveson.html

RIP, Tony Iveson was a fine man and I feel very privileged to have known him.

Here is quarter of an hour of him at the unveiling the Grand Slam bomb replica at MOTAT, Auckland in January 2012.

http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html#Ep13

RIP

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It works quite well in B/W , I think.

Me too please.

Forum members might like to spend 45 minutes listening to Squadron Leader Iveson on Desert Island Discs, here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/8701cbc0

His first-hand recollections of his attack, describing heading into the fjord from the north to minimise exposure to anti-aircraft fire, and his description of the ultra clear Arctic sky above Norway nearly seven decades ago, were simply spellbinding. .

yes I remember hearing him speak about this at an event at the Petwood Hotel.. you could hear a pin drop..

sad news, RIP.

Very sad news, I have to confess I didn’t know of Sqn Ldr Iveson’s service with 92 Sqn.
I will be sure to think of him when I pause by the Bomber Command Memorial tomorrow.

Very sad news. As Propstrike has already mentioned, he was the keynote speaker at the 2010 HAA Symposium at Hendon, where that picture was taken. Squadron Leader Iveson offered the unique perspective of one who both flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain and Lancasters with 617 Squadron. While his presentation on flying Spitfires as a Sergeant Pilot with 616 and No.92 Squadrons was impressive, Iveson added a new dimension when answering questions on his three sorties against the pocket battleship Tirpitz.

His first-hand recollections of his attack, describing heading into the fjord from the north to minimise exposure to anti-aircraft fire, and his description of the ultra clear Arctic sky above Norway nearly seven decades ago, were simply spellbinding. As ‘the few’ become ever fewer, it was a rare privilege to be in the presence of such a hero.

Cheers!

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It works quite well in B/W , I think.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/raf-bomber-command/3270046/How-a-former-Bomber-Boy-regained-his-wings.html

” How a former Bomber Boy regained his wings

The last time Squadron Leader Tony Iveson flew a Lancaster bomber on operations, his aircraft was so badly shot-up by a German fighter over Bergen that three of his seven crew bailed out, certain they were just moments from crashing.

After he had come so close to losing his life in a Lancaster, I was unsure how Mr Iveson would react when I tentatively asked him whether, 63 years on, he might like to fly in one again to help launch the Telegraph’s Bomber Command memorial appeal.

“I’d love to!” came his excited reply when I rang him at his home in Oxted, Surrey. At the age of 89, it was clear that his boyish enthusiasm for flying remained undimmed, as did his fondness for an aircraft which got him home safely so many times. ”

Words cannot express my sadness at the passing of such a hero. RIP.

Tony was a guest speaker at the Historic Aircraft Association symposium a few years ago. My admiration for him, and his contemporaries is unbounded.

They were almost always modest, and would assure you that they were ‘just doing their bit ‘.

I joked with him that he must have been photographed in front of every Lancaster still in existence, but he was happy to oblige :).

We WILL remember them.

Words cannot express my sadness at the passing of such a hero. RIP.

Such sad news. I have had the honour of meeting him on a number of occasions. BoB pilot too.