Personnel Index - Detail

Name
FLAVELL
First Names
Edwin James George
Rank
Squadron Leader
Service
RAF
Crew Position
Pilot
Posting In
1/5/56
Posting Out
Unknown
PoW Camp(s)
-

 

Awarded the AFC.



The 24th CO.

S/L Flavell was involved in Operation Buffalo which was the first British atomic bomb which had been dropped from an airplane.

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Pilot, S/L Flavell and Co-pilot F/L Ledger and, in no specific order......F/L Ford, S/L Stacey, F/L Spencer with the Crew Chief (?)

The main and backup crews for Operation Buffalo.

Front Row:
John Finnis ( B/A Standby),  Ken Edmonds ( Nav/Plotter Standby),  Ted Flavell (Main pilot), George Ford (Main AEO), Eric Stacey (Main B/A)     

Rear Row:
John Mitchell (Co-pilot Standby), Gordon Spencer (Main Nav/Plotter), Frank Coulton (Standby AEO), Bob Bates (Standby Pilot), John Ledger (Main Co-pilot)

Image and information courtesy of Pete Sharp - 'The Vickers Valiant- The Forgotten One' Association.