Many Greet Captain Berry At Airport. Royal Air Force Ace Shot Down in War Returns to Brainard to Find Meet Postponed. Captain Gordon K. Berry, on of the "aces" of the famous Royal Air Force, who was shot down during the war by a German aviator, was greeted by old-time friends at Brainard Field Sunday, where he was stationed in 1928 while associated with the former Newington Aircraft Corporation. Captain Berry flew to Hartford Friday from Skowhegan, Maine, intending to participate in the air meet, which was postponed for two weeks on account of bad weather. He traveled 250 miles to take part in the meet, and was keenly disappointed to learn that it had been deferred, but promised Sunday to make the trip from Maine again if weather conditions permit. Brings Breath of Winter. When he stepped out of his J-5 Travelair, which has a top speed of 160 miles an hour. Captain Berry was clad in a heavy bearskin coat, and fur mittens. He explained that he has been flying on skis all winter, and that there was heavy snow in Skowhegan until April 10. The weather up north has continued cold, he said. Captain Berry has been operating an aerial taxi service for wealthy sportsmen between Skowhegan and Rockwood. Ordinarily, this trip requires two days as the roads are impassable during the winter and spring. He makes the trip In exactly 30 minutes. Shot in Leg During War. For two and a half years Captain Berry was a member of the Royal Air Force during the war. His wartime flying career ended when a German shot him down in a dog-fight, a machine gun bullet piercing his leg above the knee. He was shipped back to Canada, where he was later a flying instructor. In 1928. he came to Hartford, staying here for about six months. After leaving Hartford, Captain Berry became chief pilot for the New Hampco Air Service of Concord, New Hampshire, later going to Skowhegan. While in Hartford, Mr. Berry has been spending some time with Frederick T. Hawes and Titus P. Matusewic of the Aviation Service Company, and Web Wiggin, leader of the Hotel Bond's Musical Aviators, and former manager of the Curtiss-Wright Flying Service.

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