Captain Frederick Dudley Travers DFC (born 15 February 1897; date of death unknown) was an English World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories.
His later life saw his continued service to his nation in both the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and in civil aviation.
By the end of his civil aviation career, he had flown over two million miles and logged 19,000 accident-free flying hours.
[1] Travers served initially in the Hertfordshire Yeomanry of the Territorial Force, rising to the rank of lance corporal.
[15] During World War II, Travers continued in civil aviation; however, he was piloting flying boats from the United Kingdom to India and West Africa.
[16] As part of his sovereign's birthday honours for 1944, Captain Travers was commended for "valuable service in the air" while employed by British Overseas Airways Corporation.
[17] By late 1945, Travers was ferrying a Short Sunderland flying boat to Buenos Aires for Company Dodero Navigation Argentina SA shipping lines.
[19] On 10 February 1954, Frederick Dudley Travers surrendered his commission in the Royal Air Force Reserve of Officers.