Tony Iveson DFC

Taken from the BBMF Facebook page:

It is with great sadness that we learn’t of the passing of
Squadron Leader Tony Iveson DFC. He fought in the Battle of Britain with RAF Fighter Command as a Sergeant pilot, joining 616 Squadron at Kenley, flying Spitfires, on 2nd September 1940. On the 16th September, he was forced to ditch into the sea after running out of fuel following a pursuit of a Ju88 bomber. His Spitfire L1036 ditched 20 miles off Cromer in Norfolk and he was picked up by an MTB. He joined No.92 Sqn the following month. Commissioned in 1942, Tony undertook his second tour transferring to RAF Bomber Command, where he was selected to join the famous 617 Squadron, ‘The Dambusters’, flying Lancasters. He took part in most of 617 Squadron’s high precision operations, including all three sorties against the German battleship Tirpitz and went on to become one of the most respected pilots in the squadron.

He was a great character and he will be sorely missed.