Ian Gleed, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1916
Place of Birth: Finchley, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 16-Apr-1943
Profession: writer
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Ian Gleed
- Wing Commander Ian Richard Gleed (3 July 1916 – 16 April 1943), nicknamed "Widge," was a Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and flying ace credited with the destruction of 13 enemy aircraft during the Second World War.
- He served in the Battle of France and Battle of Britain before being shot down and killed over Tunisia.
- Gleed published a fictionalized memoir, Arise to Conquer, in 1942.Gleed Avenue in Bushey is named in his honour, one of a number of streets in the area named after Battle of Britain pilots.
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