Like fellow international Basil Maclear, Deane was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to the Leicestershire Regiment near Laventie.
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Baer was the sole ace of the AEF, with nearly one-third of all victories, but he was shot down in a fight with eight Albatros D.III fighters of Jasta 18 near Laventie on 22 May and captured.