 After 23 years with the D'Oyly Carte organisation, Flynn left in 1951, moving to America where he and Ella Halman toured with Martyn Green in a series of Gilbert and Sullivan productions presented by S. M. Chartock.His roles on this 1952 tour included the Usher, the Carpenter's Mate, and Go-To.The Flynns lived in America for a time before returning to England where they settled in Penrith and were involved with amateur operatic societies, founding the Penrith Savoyards in 1959.