Edwin Flavell (RAF officer)

Ted Flavell
Born(1922-04-25)25 April 1922
Battersea, London, England
Died24 February 2014(2014-02-24) (aged 91)
Shipton Gorge, Dorset, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1937–1968
RankSquadron Leader
Service number56326
Battles / warsWorld War II: Palestine Emergency
AwardsAir Force Cross

Squadron Leader Edwin James George "Ted" Flavell AFC (25 April 1922 – 24 February 2014) was the pilot of the No. 49 Squadron RAF Vickers Valiant bomber which dropped Britain's first live atomic bomb (Blue Danube) during Operation Buffalo at Maralinga, South Australia, on 11 October 1956.