Barry Davies, BEM (22 November 1944 – 18 April 2016) was a British Army infantry soldier who served with the Welsh Guards and the Special Air Service regiments.
Davies had originally been sent to the scene to act as an observer and advisor, but once there ended up taking part in the armed assault on the plane to free the hostages, for which he was awarded the British Empire Medal.
[4][2][3] Davies retired from the British Army in 1985, and found employment as a consultant and product development and sales executive with the Cardiff based B.C.B.
[3] He became a prolific author, publishing a number of books on the Special Air Service Regiment and survival guides, including Fire Magic: Hijack to Mogadishu (1994), S.A.S.
[3] Davies was also employed as an advisor/presenter, and occasionally dramatically acted in British television productions based upon Special Forces' soldiering in the 1990s and early 2000s, including the documentary The Widow, the Terrorist & the S.A.S.