John Derry
It was with a slight shock that I realised after all these years that I hadn't got John Derry's exact date of birth in his biography.What a prize idiot!Thank you for drawing my attention to this.
However, it is not too late, as the book has been revised and updated and is scheduled to be republished later this year to coincide with the 60th anniversary of John's first supersonic flight on 6th September 1948.
Derry was a boyhood hero of mine and I never lost my admiration for him, so the biography was entirely a labour of love. I met some wonderful people when doing the research in 1980 and it was clear that John was admired and loved by all who knew him and universally respected as a pilot.
I feel privileged to be able to keep his name alive.
Brian Rivas,
Somerset
*For the record, JD was born on 5th December 1921 in Cairo.