AL DEERE in the Battle of Britain - Original Pencil Drawing by Nicolas Trudgian *** SOLD ***

AL DEERE IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

Original Pencil Drawing by Nicolas Trudgian

New Zealander Alan Christopher Deere applied for a short service commission with the RAF in 1937 and, after completion of his training joined 54 Squadron at Hornchurch airfield in August 1938. In March 1939, as war clouds were gathering, 54 Squadron received Spitfires and began training on the new fighter. Deere had the first 'brush with death' when he lost consciousness in his Spit and only just managed to pull the aircraft out of a fatal dive!

This was just one of many 'adventures' that could have cost Deere his life. Later, during the Battle of Britain, Deere had several more 'scrapes' - during an air-raid on Hornchurch Deere was 'scrambling' with his Spitfire and was hardly airborne when German bombs flipped it upside down! It crashed into the Ingrebourne River but Deere walked away unharmed!

Nicolas Trudgian has depicted yet another Deere 'scrape' - this time his Spitfire was involved in a head-on attack with an enemy Me109E. Neither pilot gave way with the inevitable result that the two collided! Deere's Spitfire was badly damaged but he managed to put the plane down in a cornfield!

The Drawing is on A4 paper and comes Framed - total Size is 18 x 17 Inches

The Drawing has been Signed by Air Commodore AL DEERE

A very nice Battle of Britain piece!

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