Air Commodore Alan C. Deere, DSO, OBE, DFE and BAR. DFC (US), RAF (Ret.).
(Signatures)	Artist : Jerry Crandall and Air Commodore Alan C. Deere, DSO, OBE, DFE and BAR. DFC (US), RAF (Ret.).
(Dimensions)	22 3/4" x 30" approx  Framed print
Price	£195.00

Description

Late afternoon 9 July 1940 Red and Yellow sections of No. 54 Squadron, RAF were patrolling the Dover-Deal area just off the coast of England where 15 Bf 109 E's were sighted. A head-on fight developed between two pilots with neither giving in, both firing as they closed in, both machines receiving hits. Al Deere's windshield filled with the approaching German aircraft and then the terrifying grinding blow as the 109 slammed into the Spitfires propeller blades stopping the engine. Eventually he was able to bring his crippled aircraft onto the ground crashing through anti-invasion posts skidding to a halt in a cornfield. The Bf 109 was splashed and claimed as a victory...priced @ £195.00.