{"id":12050,"date":"2020-02-11T13:50:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.historicalwings.com\/?page_id=12050"},"modified":"2020-02-11T13:50:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:50:39","slug":"1-48-eduard-spitfire-mk-ixc-flown-by-w-cdr-alan-c-deere-co-of-biggin-hill-wing-biggin-hill-air-base-june-1943","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.historicalwings.com\/?page_id=12050","title":{"rendered":"1\/48 Eduard. Spitfire Mk.IXc, flown by W\/Cdr. Alan C. Deere, CO of Biggin Hill Wing, Biggin Hill Air Base, June, 1943"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>1\/48 Eduard. Spitfire Mk.IXc, flown by W\/Cdr. Alan C. Deere, CO of Biggin Hill Wing, Biggin Hill Air Base, June, 1943.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alan C. Deere was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He entered the RAF in 1937 and fought against Nazi Germany from the outbreak of the war in France. Deere took significant part in the Battle of Britain and flew Spitfires over occupied Europe. From June 1943, he led Biggin Hill Wing for six months and added four more kills to his eighteen confirmed victories during this period.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicalwings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1383.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historicalwings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1383.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12051\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.historicalwings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1383.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.historicalwings.com\/?attachment_id=12051\" class=\"wp-image-12051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historicalwings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_1383.jpg 1024w, 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Spitfire Mk.IXc, flown by W\/Cdr. Alan C. Deere, CO of Biggin Hill Wing, Biggin Hill Air Base, June, 1943. Alan C. Deere was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He entered the RAF in 1937 and fought against Nazi Germany from the outbreak of the war in France. Deere took significant part in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicalwings.com\/?page_id=12050\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1\/48 Eduard. Spitfire Mk.IXc, flown by W\/Cdr. Alan C. 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