S/Ldr T. C. Iveson converted to Spitfires at 7 OTU, Hawarden and joined 616 Squadron on 2nd September, 1940. He ditched in the North Sea 20 miles off Cromer on the 16th, after running out of fuel pursuing a Ju 88, and was picked up by an MTB and landed at Yarmouth.

Thomas was posted to 92 Squadron on 11th October, 1940.

After a spell on training duties he was commissioned in May 1942, and joined Bomber Command being posted to 617 Squadron in 1944. He flew three sorties against the German battleship Tirpitz, including the one which resulted in her sinking in Tromso Fjord on 12th November, 1944.

He is currently the Chairman of the Bomber Command Association.