Heoi anō, kāore a Gleed i makona ki te noho ki muri i tētahi tēpu, ā, i whakaritea kia tukuna ki tētahi whakahau whakahaere i te Middle East, he wāhi kaha ake i muri i te Torch
ngā taunga. I te marama o Hanuere 1943, i tukuna ia ki te Waenganui rawhiti, i reira ia i whakahaere ai i te 244 Wing i te 31 o Hanuere. I kii ia i tana wikitoria a-rangi whakamutunga i te 17 o Poutu-te-rangi. Ahakoa i muri i te hou ake, tere ake Spitfire IX i waatea, i tohe a Gleed ki te tuku i nga kaiurungi iti ake te mohio ki te rere, hei utu, ka rere i te Spitfire Vb iti ake te mahi.