Exchange officer
Title
Exchange officer
Description
Reports of Squadron leader Douglas 'Hank' Iveson's welcome to the United States as part of an exchange programme with the United States and describing how he will be the principal speaker at a local meeting. Annotated 'The Shreveport Times July 22 1950'.
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Date
1950-07-22
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Two newspaper cuttings
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Identifier
SIvesonD19171121v10012
Transcription
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THE SHREVEPORT TIMES. JULY 22, 1950.
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SQUADRON LEADER DOUGLAS IVESON (right), of Hull, England, and the RAF, is welcomed to Barksdale Air Force base by Brig. Gen. Paul T. Cullen, deputy commanding general of the Second Air Force. Squadron Leader Iveson, whose rank is equivalent to that of major in the U. S. Air Force, will spend two years here as an exchange officer with the Second Air Force. He expects to become a resident of Shreveport or Bossier City, as soon as he finds suitable housing for his wife and three children, who are now on their way here from England. (Official U. S. Air Force Photo).
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RAF Officer To Speak at Meet Today
Squadron Leader Douglas Iveson, a Royal Air Force exchange officer presently training in the United States, will be the principal speaker at a meeting of Shreveport reserve officers at 7.30 p.m. today in the ORC armory [sic] at 6100 St. Vincent avenue.
Tonight’s program is a monthly meeting of the Shreveport chapter of the Reserve Officers association.
The English flier is presently assigned to training duties with the Second air force at Barksdale Air Force base.
During World War II, he flew 59 night bombing missions and participated in the North African campaign. In 1947 he attended a meeting of foreign ministers in Moscow, Russia. His home is in Hull, England.
A film entitled “The Air Force in Action in Korea.” also will be shown at tonight’s meeting.
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THE SHREVEPORT TIMES. JULY 22, 1950.
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SQUADRON LEADER DOUGLAS IVESON (right), of Hull, England, and the RAF, is welcomed to Barksdale Air Force base by Brig. Gen. Paul T. Cullen, deputy commanding general of the Second Air Force. Squadron Leader Iveson, whose rank is equivalent to that of major in the U. S. Air Force, will spend two years here as an exchange officer with the Second Air Force. He expects to become a resident of Shreveport or Bossier City, as soon as he finds suitable housing for his wife and three children, who are now on their way here from England. (Official U. S. Air Force Photo).
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RAF Officer To Speak at Meet Today
Squadron Leader Douglas Iveson, a Royal Air Force exchange officer presently training in the United States, will be the principal speaker at a meeting of Shreveport reserve officers at 7.30 p.m. today in the ORC armory [sic] at 6100 St. Vincent avenue.
Tonight’s program is a monthly meeting of the Shreveport chapter of the Reserve Officers association.
The English flier is presently assigned to training duties with the Second air force at Barksdale Air Force base.
During World War II, he flew 59 night bombing missions and participated in the North African campaign. In 1947 he attended a meeting of foreign ministers in Moscow, Russia. His home is in Hull, England.
A film entitled “The Air Force in Action in Korea.” also will be shown at tonight’s meeting.
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Citation
The Shreveport Times, “Exchange officer,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed October 9, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/44790.