Sir Hugh Dowding with Battle of Britain pilots

New Zealander Alan Deere (sixth from left) pictured with Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding and other Royal Air Force (RAF) Battle of Britain fighter pilots outside the Air Ministry in London, 14 September 1942. The photograph was taken to commemorate the second anniversary of RAF Fighter Command’s most successful day of the campaign.

Left to right: Sqn Ldr AC Bartley (British); Wg Cdr DFB Sheen (Australian); Wg Cdr IR Gleed (British); Wg Cdr M Aitken (British); Wg Cdr AG Malan (South African); Sqn Ldr AC Deere (New Zealander); Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding; Flt Off EC Henderson (in front, to Dowding's left); Flt Lt RH Hilary (British); Wg Cdr JA Kent (Canadian); Wg Cdr CBF Kingcome (British); Sqn Ldr DH Watkins (British); and WO RH Gretton (British).