Personnel Index - Detail
Awarded the AFC.
Flew with Ted Flavell's crew for the first Atomic Trial Maralinga 11th October 1956 .
Operation Buffalo - the first British atomic bomb 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.
A member of The Megaton Club.