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.
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…
Robert Percival was the son of a Second World War pilot and so grew up with an interest in aviation. His application to join the RAF as aircrew was not successful so he chose the engineering / technician route in to the service. He was seconded to…