Unique award for hero Bob
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Unique award for hero Bob
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Squadron Leader Bob Iveson, son of Douglas 'Hank' Iveson, is awarded the Royal Air Force Escaping Society's annual trophy. Bob is standing in his uniform with his wife, Veronica.
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1983-07-01
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Two newspaper cuttings
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SIvesonD19171121v10050
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[inserted] Hull Daily Mail 7.1.83 [/inserted]
Unique award for hero Bob
[photograph]
HARRIER pilot Bob Iveson, whose Hull-born father was a 1939-45 War bomber ace, was presented with the RAF Escaping Society’s annual trophy after spending 60 hours behind enemy lines in the Falklands campaign.
Squadron Leader Iveson (34), was attacking Argentine positions at Goose Green when heavy anti-aircraft fire hit his plane. He ejected a few seconds before his plane exploded.
For the next two and a half days he lived rough, until he was picked up by a Royal Marine helicopter.
A deserted shepherd’s cottage provided food and bedding, but he spent the day in the open to avoid capture.
The trophy was presented by the Escaping Society – formed after the 1939-45 War by men who had escaped from prisoner-of-war camps – at RAF Wittering.
The presentation was made in a hangar containing souvenirs of the conflict, including Argentine anti-aircraft guns.
Squadron Leader Iveson, who is based at RAF Wittering, said: I want to thank the Second Battalion of the Parachute Regiment for removing the enemy lines that I landed behind, and the helicopter pilot who picked me up.
“When I went back to the Falklands in September and October, I returned to Goose Green, to see if I could find my aircraft, but it had obviously exploded in the air, and the wreckage was spread over a wide area.
“I brought back a few souvenirs of the plane, and I was given back my flying helmet by a local shepherd.”
Squadron Leader Iveson was Mentioned in Despatches for his part in the Falklands conflict.
His father, former Wing-Commander Douglas “Hank” Iveson was born in Hull and lived in Strathmere Avenue, Beverley Road, until the outbreak of the 1939-45 War.
[Two unrelated articles]
[page break]
[photograph] [photograph]
Back from the Falklands – Squadron Leader Iveson, 33, a Harrier pilot who hid a shepherd’s hut for two days behind Argentine lines after being shot down during an attack near Goose Green, reunited yesterday with his wife, Veronica, at RAF Brize Norton. Oxfordshire.
Right: Capt. Philip Roberts, 42, of the supply ship Sir Galahad, which was bombed at Bluff Cove, being greeted by his wife, Rae.
Report and othe [sic] pictures – Page 3
Unique award for hero Bob
[photograph]
HARRIER pilot Bob Iveson, whose Hull-born father was a 1939-45 War bomber ace, was presented with the RAF Escaping Society’s annual trophy after spending 60 hours behind enemy lines in the Falklands campaign.
Squadron Leader Iveson (34), was attacking Argentine positions at Goose Green when heavy anti-aircraft fire hit his plane. He ejected a few seconds before his plane exploded.
For the next two and a half days he lived rough, until he was picked up by a Royal Marine helicopter.
A deserted shepherd’s cottage provided food and bedding, but he spent the day in the open to avoid capture.
The trophy was presented by the Escaping Society – formed after the 1939-45 War by men who had escaped from prisoner-of-war camps – at RAF Wittering.
The presentation was made in a hangar containing souvenirs of the conflict, including Argentine anti-aircraft guns.
Squadron Leader Iveson, who is based at RAF Wittering, said: I want to thank the Second Battalion of the Parachute Regiment for removing the enemy lines that I landed behind, and the helicopter pilot who picked me up.
“When I went back to the Falklands in September and October, I returned to Goose Green, to see if I could find my aircraft, but it had obviously exploded in the air, and the wreckage was spread over a wide area.
“I brought back a few souvenirs of the plane, and I was given back my flying helmet by a local shepherd.”
Squadron Leader Iveson was Mentioned in Despatches for his part in the Falklands conflict.
His father, former Wing-Commander Douglas “Hank” Iveson was born in Hull and lived in Strathmere Avenue, Beverley Road, until the outbreak of the 1939-45 War.
[Two unrelated articles]
[page break]
[photograph] [photograph]
Back from the Falklands – Squadron Leader Iveson, 33, a Harrier pilot who hid a shepherd’s hut for two days behind Argentine lines after being shot down during an attack near Goose Green, reunited yesterday with his wife, Veronica, at RAF Brize Norton. Oxfordshire.
Right: Capt. Philip Roberts, 42, of the supply ship Sir Galahad, which was bombed at Bluff Cove, being greeted by his wife, Rae.
Report and othe [sic] pictures – Page 3
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Citation
Hull Daily Mail, “Unique award for hero Bob,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 20, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/44847.