Portrait of Wing Commander Alan Christopher Deere DSO DFC & bar, smoking a pipe. England

No. 485 Squadron pilots in front of a Spitfire during the New Zealand High Commissioner's visit to No. 485 Squadron. Unknown location. L-R: Flight Lieutenant Hume (Flight Commander), Flight Lieutenant Barnett (Flight Commander), WJ Jordan (High Commissioner), Squadron Leader JM Checketts DFC (Commanding Officer), Wing Commander AC Deere DSO DFC & bar.

New Zealand High Commissioner's visit to No. 485 Squadron. RAF Station Biggin Hill. L-R: Flight Lieutenant Hume (Flight Commander), Flight Lieutenant Barnett (Flight Commander), WJ Jordan (High Commissioner), Squadron Leader JM Checketts DFC (Commanding Officer), Wing Commander AC Deere DSO DFC & bar.

Squadron Leader Alan Deere (left) and Squadron Leader Colin Gray (right).

Wing Commander Alan Deere in the cockpit of his Spitfire.

Group of famous New Zealand Wing Leaders. Unknown location. "Between them they accounted for 85 aircraft destroyed and were awarded five DSOs and nine DFCs". Circa 1944. L-R: Wing Commander E.P. Wells DSO DFC + bar, Wing Commander C.F. Gray DSO DFC + 2 bars, Air Commodore A.C. Deere DSO OBE DFC + bar, Wing Commander W.V. Crawford-Compton DSO + bar DFC + bar