He completed an engineering apprenticeship in England and worked on a farm before joining the RAF on a short service commission in 1936. He served with No 56 Squadron, became an instructor and was posted to become one of the English-speaking officers on the Czech No 312 Squadron, in October 1940, in time to qualify for the Battle of Britain Clasp. He commanded ‘B’ Flight.
After a brief spell with No 308 Squadron, Ievers (centre in the photograph below) became a test pilot at Boscombe Down, in the High Altitude Flight of the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment. In the summer of 1941 he went to No 257 Squadron and also had a spell with No 19 Squadron, before taking command of No 80 Squadron, with Hurricanes, in the Western Desert. Ievers were on to staff postings in the Middle East and Far East.
He left the RAF in 1944, as a Squadron Leader, returned to Ireland and eventually settled in County Clare. He died on 21 November 1993
