Kammala wannan jumla: Duk da haka, Gleed bai gamsu da zama a bayan tebur ba kuma an shirya shi don a tura shi zuwa wani aikin aiki a Gabas ta Tsakiya, wani wasan kwaikwayo mai aiki bayan da
Saukowar wuta. 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.