Crimean Front
Shortly after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941 Glinka saw action as a fighter pilot in the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, piloting a Yak-1 of the 45th Fighter Aviation Regiment. Starting in January 1942 he served on the Eastern Front after the 45th Fighter Regiment was assigned to the Crimean Front where they remained until May 1942; the regiment later received the Guards designation and was renamed the 100th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment in June 1943. From May to July 1942 and February to August 1943 Glinka took part in the Battle of the Caucasus on the North Caucasian Front. He also saw action on the Transcaucasian and Ukrainian fronts, seeing further aerial combat both defensive and offensive operations of Kuban, Donbass, Lvov-Sandomierz, Sandomierz–Silesian, Lower Silesian, Berlin, and Prague.