Bomber Leader Flight Lieutenant Seb Davey
Hailing originally from Formby on Merseyside , Seb studied Aerospace Systems Engineering at The University of Southampton , graduating in 1998 .
He completed Initial Officer Training at RAFC Cranwell in 1999 and after Elementary Flying Training ( which he started while a member of Southampton University Air Squadron ) and Multi-Engine Pilot Training in 2001 , he was posted as the first ab-initio pilot to the Hercules C-130J at RAF Lyneham .
Following a 3-year tour as a co-pilot , including multiple operational detachments to Iraq and Afghanistan , Seb became a C-130J captain and completed a further 3-year tour as a Tactical Air Transport captain , supporting , among other tasks , the Pakistan Earthquake humanitarian effort , operational airdrops in Afghanistan ( including the heaviest ever operational airdrop from a RAF C-130J ) and worldwide Air Transport operations .
Seb was then selected to be an instructor of the Tactical Air Transport Course , again on the C-130J . Following this , Seb was posted in 2011 to the role of C-130J Tactical Flight Instructor for No 47 Sqn at RAF Brize Norton and went on to complete over 13 years on the C-130J .
In 2014 , Seb became one of the RAF ’ s first Airbus A400M Atlas pilots . As such , Seb is now a pilot instructor on the newest Air Transport aircraft in the RAF ’ s inventory while also flying the oldest ( the Dakota ). In March 2017 , he qualified as one of the very first A400M Airdrop and Tactical Air Transport pilots and his current front line role is instructing pilots in this discipline on No 24 Squadron .
In his spare time Seb enjoys anything motorsports-related and is a keen skier . 2025 is Sebs ’ thirteenth year on BBMF as a Dakota captain and his eleventh as a Lancaster captain , and he is also a pilot instructor for both aircraft .