While the fight was raging, Hugh Dundas had arrived on operations at Souk-el-Khemis, an airstrip bulldozed from the mud in northern Tunisia, as the acting Wing Commander of 324 Wing after its boss had been injured. Aged just twenty-two, he was the equivalent of an army lieutenant colonel in rank. Dundas had demonstrated excellent leadership qualities, having recovered from Bader’s loss and the dark days of the Rhubarbs a few months previously.
