Group Captain Douglas Iveson's obituary

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Title

Group Captain Douglas Iveson's obituary

Description

Details the service career of Douglas 'Hank' Iveson including operations to prevent the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau leaving port, damage sustained to his Halifax aircraft, low level attacks on Tirpitz, participation in the 1,000 aircraft raids, the 'mail run' bombing in Tobruk and supporting the 8th army in El-Alamein. Hank went on to be chief flying instructor and spent time in Canada, the United States of America and Singapore and became commander of RAF Waddington and ended his career in the headquarters of Signals Command.

Date

1986

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Format

One newspaper article

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NIvesonD181213-01

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Citation

“Group Captain Douglas Iveson's obituary,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 5, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/44749.

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