Terry Peck

On its approach it clipped telegraph poles, and on touching down the undercarriage sank into the soft ground bringing the aircraft to an immediate and jarring stop.[6] Earlier that day, the aircraft had been hijacked whilst on an internal flight by Right-Wing Argentine nationalists, known as the Condor Group, who forced the crew to fly to the Falklands, apparently unaware there was then no airport.[6] As a part of the negotiations, the 26 passengers of the plane were exchanged with seven islanders, including Peck and Captain Ian Martin, commanding a four-man Royal Marines detachment.While serving in the police force, he displayed his characteristic courage and tenacity, on one occasion driving for 10 hours across the Camp to rescue a family whose house burnt down one Christmas.Dowling, an Argentine of Irish origin who hated all things British, frequently overstepped his authority, ignoring instructions to treat the islanders with respect, and quickly became known for his tendency to resort to violence.Increasingly unhappy in the role he found himself in, when he heard Dowling discussing the imminent arrest of Terry Peck he took the opportunity to warn his former boss.Having prepared a possible escape plan for some time, Peck armed himself with a semi-automatic pistol, borrowed a motorbike from the garage of an expatriate and fled Stanley.His first stop was Long Island Farm, home of Neil and Glenda Watson, where a party was in full swing celebrating the Queen's birthday.[3] However, he considered the honorary membership conferred upon him by the 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment the greater honour and wore his maroon beret and winged cap badge with great pride.He continued to express his views in a forthright manner lambasting the British Government for the lack of aid and castigating Margaret Thatcher for allowing Argentines to visit the graves of their war dead.As chairman of the local SAMA 82 group he worked tirelessly to organise the visits of British veterans coming to terms with their wartime experiences.
Miguel Savage and Terry Peck after exchanging berets. Miguel presented Terry with his Gaucho beret and Terry in return gave him one of his berets awarded due to his honorary membership of the Parachute Regiment
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