Sgt. Glendinning was serving with 74 Sqdn. He was flying a Spitfire II P7506 on patrol. He was shot down by an Me109 and crashed at Ivychurch in Kent.
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War: Vol.1: Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1939-1941. Norman L.R. Franks; 1997; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 055 9.
Men of the North: A Few of The Few; Robert Dixon; Wolf’s Nick Publishing; 2011; ISBN 9781466446830
John Nixon Glendinning is remembered on NUT062