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<p>Born in 1916, after learning to fly as a civilian, Ian Richard Gleed was granted a RAF commission in 1936. He completed training on Christmas Day that year, being posted to 46 Squadron which was equipped with the Gloster Gauntlet. Through much of his RAF service the diminutive Gleed was known as 'Widge', short for 'Wizard Midget' on account of his excessive use of the word 'wizard' to describe something 'topper', and his short stature. Rising from Flight to Squadron Commander in short order, and later taking over the Ibsley Spitfire Wing in 1941, Gleed was enormously popular with his peers. Indeed, Wing Commander 'Bunny' Currant once described Gleed as a 'pocket-sized man with care for others and courage beyond compare'. Having been decorated with the coveted 'double' of both DSO and DFC, Wing Commander Gleed went out to lead a wing in Tunisia. It was there that he was shot down and killed on 16 April 1943. By this time, he had achieved the status of being a fighter Ace, having been credited with the destruction of thirteen enemy aircraft. The previous year, Gleed's wartime memoir, Arise to Conquer, was published by Victor Gollancz. Eloquently written and detailed, this book is

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Author

I.R. Gleed; Dilip Sarkar

Publisher

Air World, Pen & Sword Books

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781399017107

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir