Iveson instructed in Southern Rhodesia, was commissioned and undertook a second tour in Bomber Command. He converted to Lancasters at No 5 Lancaster Finishing School, Syerston and in July 1944 joined No 617 Squadron. His operations with the squadron included three attacks on the battleship Tirpitz, including the one on 12 November 1944 that led to the ship sinking.
On 12 January 1945, Iveson took part in a raid on shipping and the submarine base at Bergen, in Norway. The Lancasters were attacked by German fighters, and Iveson’s aircraft was badly damaged, with his port inner engine set on fire and his tailplane and rudders riddled with bullets.
His two air gunners and wireless operator had already baled out when the the fighters suddenly broke off the attack. Iveson managed to fly the aircraft to Sumburgh, Shetland. He was awarded an immediate DFC. From the spring of 1945 he was seconded to BOAC.
Iveson left the RAF in July 1949 as a Flight Lieutenant. He later served in the RAuxAF and commanded a Light Anti-Aircraft Squadron. He worked in television and public relations. He was a long-serving Chairman of the Bomber Command Association, doing much work towards the establishment of the Bomber Command Memorial in London. He died on 5 November 2013.
