David Berry

Squadron Leader Berry gained his Private Pilots’ Licence at the tender age of 17 under the Air Training Corps’ Flying Scholarship scheme; a year on he joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot. Forty years and 10,000 flying hours later he retired. In his time he was a fighter pilot and flying instructor but the bulk of his service was occupied with world-wide transport flying and a large part of that with the Britannia.

Joining the fleet in 1962, just two years after its inception, he was one of the last to leave on its demise some 13 years later. He received a commendation from the C-in-C, Air Support Command in 1969 and was awarded The Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air in 1974. His connection with the Britannia recommenced at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down which continued to operate one until 1984. Indeed, David was the last military pilot to fly the Britannia.

An interest in writing stems from completion of an education degree course as a mature student. With two books conventionally published, David decided to try self-publishing and the first edition of 'The Whispering Giant in Uniform' was his initial project. For that, and the subsequent 12 books, he completed all the layout etc himself and subsequently marketed them.

His initial major interest was associated with his flying. This expanded, with retirement, into travel - in particular motorcaravanning.

In these later years fiction has become a draw. Under the pseudonym of Peter Devereux (q.v) he has written 'Cold War, Hot Sex - well warmish!'. His second novel, just published (2023), is 'I Said I Will Tell You One Day'.