Biography:

CAMPBELL-IRONS, IAN
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Unit Text: 150 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 12/05/1940
Service No: 40603
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 3.
Cemetery: NEUFCHATEAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Joined 1938

12/05/1940: Neufchateau
Type: Fairey Battle Mk. I
Serial number: P2236, JN-?
Operation: Neufchateau
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Ian Campbell-Iron, RAF 40603, 150 Sqdn., age unknown, 12/05/1940, Neufchateau Communal Cemetery, B
Sergeant (Obs.) Thomas R. Barker, RAF 580937, 150 Sqdn., age unknown, 12/05/1940, Neufchateau Communal Cemetery, B
Leading Aircraftman (W.Op) Reginald H. Hinder, RAF 551612, 150 Sqdn., age 20, 12/05/1940, Neufchateau Communal Cemetery, B

There were two 150 Sqdn Battles lost on this operation. Serial numbers recorded are inaccurate. i.e P2136 and P2336. They were both airborne 1445 from Ecury-sur-Coole. The first one got back safely but too badly damaged for repair, the second was shot down near Neufchateau, 26 km SW of Bastogne, Belgium. Leading Aircraftman (W.Op) Reginald H. Hinder is listed as 'LAC H.R. Figg' on 'Lost Bombers'.

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The Fairey Battle was one of the most notorious aircraft of the Second World War. During the German invasion of France in 1940 the Battle squadrons suffered very heavy losses during a series of desperate attacks on the German spearhead.