Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter David George Terry, GCB, AFC (18 October 1926 – 19 December 2017)[1] was a senior Royal Air Force commander who held a number of high-level British and NATO posts.
Terry joined the Royal Air Force in the ranks as an RAF Regiment aircraftman 2nd class on 17 July 1946.
Terry was appointed the Assistant Chief of Staff in the Plans and Policy Division of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in 1975.
Following promotion to air chief marshal,[7] he was appointed Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe at SHAPE on 9 April 1981.
[9] During his tenure as governor, Terry authorised the Special Air Service (SAS) to pursue Provisional IRA members as part of Operation Flavius, which the European Court of Human Rights would find had been in violation of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights On 18 September 1990 the Provisional Irish Republican Army attempted to kill Terry at his home in Main Road, Milford, Staffordshire.
[16] He was a strong supporter of his local church and also a keen golfer until his old leg wound began to give him trouble and restrict his mobility.