Tom Gleave

Group Captain Tom Gleave

The Memoirs of One of the Few and a Founder of the Guinea Pig Club. Sprache: Englisch.
gebunden , 296 Seiten
ISBN 1399059181
EAN 9781399059183
Veröffentlicht 30. Januar 2026
Verlag/Hersteller Pen & Sword Books
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Beschreibung

A detailed and revealing autobiography one of 'The Few', who, badly burned when shot down in the Battle of Britain, went on to be a founder member of the Guinea Pig Club.

Portrait

Having gained his pilot's licence in 1928, THOMAS PERCY GLEAVE was commissioned into the RAF in 1930. A gifted pilot, by 1933 he was a member of his squadron's aerobatic team. On the outbreak of war in 1939, Gleave requested a transfer back into Fighter Command. Shot down in the Battle of Britain, he became a founding member of the Guinea Pig Club. Having a held a number of staff posts, including serving as Eisenhower's Head of Air Plans at SHAEF in 1944 and 1945, Gleave was invalided out of the RAF in 1953. He passed away in June 1993.

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