Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve) Officers 1939-1945 -- I

Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve) (RAF(VR)) Officers
1939-1945

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Ibbetson,
Christopher Vibert
C.V. Ibbetson (Photo courtesy of Mr Ron Aitken) ?
-

(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [102231]

(WS) F/O ?

? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF

18.07.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]

Ibbetson,
Francis George
F.G. Ibbetson (Photo courtesy of Mr Ron Aitken) ?
-

P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [101618]

(WS) F/O ?

? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF

18.07.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

Ibbs,
Harry
H. Ibbs (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Ibbs)
Son of Samuel L. Ibbs (1886-1962), and Florence Smith (1883-1960).
Married 1st ((09?).1940, Blackpool district, Lancashire) Alice M. Huntington (23.02.1916 - (06.).1965); one daughter.
Married 2nd (07.1966, Burnley district, Lancashire) Rita Grimes.

27.10.1910
Haslingden district, Lancashire
-
20.06.1983
Blackpool district, Lancashire

Sgt. ? [970750]

(A) P/O (prob) 12.09.1942, seniority 05.09.1942 [129656]

P/O (prob) 12.11.1942, seniority 05.11.1942

(WS) F/O (prob) 12.05.1943 (emgcy list; reld 27.10.1955)

MBE 01.01.1946 for service in Italy

31.10.1939 joined RAFVR at Padgates as a clerk

1940 IETS, Cranwell

05.1942 - 09.1942 training at Newbold Revel, Cheadle and Chicksands

12.09.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

joined Operation Torch 11.1942 In Algeria and Tunisia with a Y Unit [381 WU, 329 Wing]; onboard HMS Palomares at the Salerno Landings 09.1943 with Y Unit RAF Intelligence served in RAF Intelligence [21 FU] as he was fluent in German and French; was in Corsica 01-09.1944, the S France and Italy 1944/45, Greece 12.1944-01.1945, Italy remainder of 1945 until he was demobbed on 30.09.1945 at Hednesford

Ineson,
James Frank
J.F. Ineson (Photo courtesy of www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com)
Son of William Ineson, and Sarah Jeanetta Jackson, of 77 Brookroyd Lane, Batley.
Married (19.06.1943, Leeds district, Yorkshire) Monica Winifred Bacon (08.09.1922 - 08.1990) [her remarried name became Beevers], of Woodbine Cottage, Moortop, New Farnley, Leeds, Yorkshire. 17.06.1921
Batley, Dewsbury district, West Yorkshire
-
04.05.1944
(KIA) [age 22]
[Normee Churchyard, France, grave 2]

Ldg.Acm. ? [1543963]

P/O (prob) 30.04.1943 [144953]

(WS) F/O 30.10.1943

30.04.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

? - 04.05.1944 9 Squadron RAF
[Pilot of Lancaster Mk. BI LL787 (WS-Y) which took off at 21.52 hrs 03.05.1944 from RAF Bardney for a bombardment operation of the German military camp at Mailly, France. LL787 was thought to have been shot down by a night fighter but no positive claim can be placed against this loss. The Lancaster came down at Normee 8 km. north east of Fere-Champenoise. five of the crew were killed. More details here.]

Inglis,
John Alexander
"Jock"
J.A. Inglis
Son of James Alexander Inglis and Margaret Russell Inglis, of Cardonald, Glasgow. 1920
Cathcart district, Glasgow, Scotland
-
12.06.1944
[age 23]
[St Charles de Percy War Cemetery, Calvados, France, IV.D.1]

Sgt. ? [657889]

P/O (prob) 17.07.1942 [126627]

(WS) F/O (prob) 17.01.1943

17.07.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

? - 12.06.1944 193 Squadron RAF
[Typhoon 1b MN 252 was shot down by Flak and crashed south-east of Potigny.]

Ingram,
Harry
H. Ingram (Photo courtesy of Mr Ron Aitken) ?
-
?

(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [101676]

(WS) F/O ?

? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF

18.07.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

Inkson,
James
J. Inkson
Married ...; ... children (one daughter?). ?
-
?

Cpl. ? [1150480]

P/O (prob) 10.07.1943 [146919]

(WS) F/Lt. 10.07.1945 (reld 13.08.1948)

F/O 13.08.1948

F/Lt. 04.06.1951 (reld 13.08.1953)

10.07.1943 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

13.08.1948 commissioned, RAFVR (Reconstituted Section) (General Duties Branch)

Inverarity,
George Arnold
G.A. Inverarity 1920 ?
-
08.01.2007
[age 87]

F/Sgt.
? [901408]

P/O (prob)
28.08.1943 [156782]

...
...

Sq.Ldr.
?

DFC
?
?

28.08.1943

commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

7 Squadron RAF (Pathfinder Force)

Irving,
Edward Heron
"John(ny)"
E.H. Irving (Photo courtesy of Mrs Rosemary Irving)

Son of George Thomas Irving, and Martha Hammond (emigrated c. 1908 to Australia).
Married (07.1933) Cornelia Robinson.
30.06.1904
Farnham district, Hampshire / Surrey / Sussex
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P/O RAF
17.01.1927

F/O RAF
26.10.1927 (reld 17.01.1931)

P/O (prob)
04.04.1939 [72865]

P/O
22.09.1939

F/O
22.09.1939

(WS) F/Lt.
15.08.1941

(A) Sq.Ldr.
?

(T) Sq.Ldr.
01.07.1943

(WS) Sq.Ldr.
12.04.1944

Sq.Ldr.
? (emgcy) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of W/Cdr.)

AFC
02.04.1943
?

17.01.1927

commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission]

17.01.1931

transferred, Royal Australian Air Force Reserve

04.04.1939

transferred, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch)

15.08.1940

transferred, RAFVR (General Duties Branch)

served in Turkey (possibly as a flying instructor and/or Assistant Air Attaché at Ankara)

Remained in Turkey after the war.

Isaac,
Arthur Cyril Eric
A.C.E. Isaac (Photo courtesy of Mr Ron Aitken) ?
-
?

(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [102232]

(WS) F/O ?

? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF

18.07.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]

Ives,
Arthur Hector
A.H. Ives ?
Australia
-
1966
Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia

P/O (prob) 07.02.1941 [60910]

(WS) F/O (prob) 07.02.1942 (Emgcy List) (reld 10.02.1954; retaining rank of F/O))

07.02.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

captured & POW in Changhi

Returned to Australia after the war. Postal employee.

Iveson,
Thomas Clifford
"Tony"
T.C. Iveson

Son of James William Iveson, and Elsie May Maddison. 11.09.1919
York district, Yorkshire
-

(T) F/Sgt. ? [742036]

P/O (prob) 01.05.1942 [128539]

(WS) F/O 01.11.1942

(WS) F/Lt. 01.05.1944

(A) Sq.Ldr. 08.10.1944

F/Lt. 23.02.1949, seniority 11.04.1948 (retd 12.07.1949; own request)

DFC 16.03.1945 *

* This officer has completed numerous sorties on his second tour of operational duty, including three attacks against the battleship Tirpitz. In January, 1945, he was detailed to attack the U-boat pens at Bergen. Whilst over the target his aircraft was attacked by two fighters. The first burst of machine-gun fire from the enemy aircraft struck the tailplane, rudder and elevator. The port inner engine was set on fire and the rear turret was put out of action. After the fighters broke off their attack Squadron Leader Iveson's aircraft came under heavy fire from the anti-aircraft batteries. It was almost impossible to maintain level flight. Squadron Leader Iveson instructed another member of the crew to lash the control column in such a way as to ease the strain. Under these most trying conditions, Squadron Leader Iveson flew clear of the fire zone and afterwards reached a home based airfield where he landed his seriously damaged aircraft safely. By his great skill, courage and determination, this officer was undoubtedly responsible for the safe return of the aircraft.

c. 09.1938 joined RAFVR as Airman under training to be pilot

01.09.1939 mobilized

01.09.1939 - 1940? 5 Flying Training School RAF (Sealand)

1940? - 02.09.1940 7 Operational Training Unit RAF (Hawarden)

02.09.1940 - 11.10.1940 616 Squadron RAF (Kenley)
[16.09.1940 ditched in the North Sea with Spitfire L1036 , being picked up]

11.10.1940 - ? 92 Squadron RAF (followed by training duties in Rhodesia)

01.05.1942 commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]

? - 22.07.1944 No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School (Syerston)

22.07.1944 - 16.02.1945 617 Squadron RAF (flew 27 operations)

16.02.1945 - ? 6 LVF

23.02.1949 permanent commission

01.02.1954 - 20.11.1956 commissioned, Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment (F/Lt. with seniority 02.12.1953, from 05.03.1956 Sq.Ldr.) & as Commanding Officer, No. 2609 (West Riding) Light Anti-Aircraft Squadron

Secondment to the BOAC, employment with Granada TV, and work in corporate and public relations. He was involved in a number of privatizations and the launch of Euro Disneyland. Chairman of the Bomber Command Association.
Published: Lancaster : the biography (with Brian Milton; 2009)

Izzard,
Arthur Thomas
A.T. Izzard (Photo courtesy of Mr Ron Aitken) 01.05.1899
Birmingham, Warwickshire
-
(12?).1979
Harlow district, Warwickshire

(A) P/O (prob) 18.07.1941 [102233]

(WS) F/O ?

? - 07.1941 No. 72 Course, Officers' School RAF

18.07.1941 commissioned, RAFVR (Equipment Branch) [emergency commission]

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