Wing Commander IAN RICHARD GLEED
Service Number: 37800
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force
601 Sqdn.
Date of Death
Died 16 April 1943
Age 26 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross
- Additional Info Croix de Guerre avec Palme (Belgium). Croix de Guerre avec Etoile de Vermeil (France). Son of Seymour Richard and Florence Hair Gleed, of Finchley, Middlesex.
- Personal Inscription "ONE WHO HELD WE FALL TO RISE, ARE BAFFLED TO FIGHT BETTER, SLEEP TO WAKE"
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