Photo
taken at the time of his appointment as Aide de Comp to Queen Elizabeth
"A" Flight of 54 Squadron at Hornchurch in between sorties
during the Battle of Britain
Group
Captain A.G."Sailor" Malan, Squadron Leader Jack Charles and
Alan
Deere, Biggin Hill, 1943
A
post Battle of Britain re-union of some of the "few" with Lord
Dowding
Alan
Deere with fellow New Zealander Johnny Checketts at Biggin
Hill
A
Page from 54 Squadron records during the Battle of Britain
Hawker Hunter flight post war in Malta
With Spitfire "Kiwi 1" at Hornchurch in1940
Spitfire prototype photographed at the Duxford display in1937
Alan
Deere conversing with the NZ High Commissioner, Bill Jordan at Biggin Hill
in1943. At the time he was Wing Commander of the Biggin Hill Wing
Alan
Deere's Spitfire Mk 9B ("AL") escorting American bombers in the
later stages of the war
Always
the reluctant celebrity - here visiting the HMV factory that produced
radios for Spitfires
during the war
Spitifre 1 "Kiwi" parked in its revetment at Hornchurch during the Battle of Britain
First
solo flight at the De Havilland School of Flying in 1937 
Preparing
for Bomber escort operation when Wing Commander at Biggin Hill - in his
personalised Spitfire "AL" (image
courtesy Peter R Arnold collection)
Another shot from Biggin Hill
(image courtesy Peter R Arnold collection)