Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Duk da haka, Gleed bai yarda da zama a bayan tebur ba kuma an shirya shi don a tura shi zuwa kwamandan aiki a Gabas ta Tsakiya, wani wasan kwaikwayo mai aiki bayan Torch
saukarwa. A watan Janairun 1943, an tura shi zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya, inda ya dauki umurnin 244 Wing a ranar 31 ga Janairu. Ya yi ikirarin nasararsa ta ƙarshe a sama a ranar 17 ga Maris. Ko da bayan da sabon, sauri Spitfire IX ya zama samuwa, Gleed nace a barin kasa gogaggen matuka jirgin sama zuwa tashi da shi, maimakon, tashi da ƙananan-yi Spitfire Vb.