Frederick Anthony Owen Gaze DFC & Two Bars, OAM (born 3 February 1920) is a decorated World War II flying ace credited with 12.5 aerial victories and a former racing driver from Australia. He was born in Melbourne. He participated in four World Championship Grands Prix driving his HWM, debuting on 22 June 1952. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula 2 races across Europe as well as competing in the Australian and New Zealand Grands Prix in the early 1950s.

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  • Frederick Anthony Owen Gaze DFC & Two Bars, OAM (born 3 February 1920) is a decorated World War II flying ace credited with 12.5 aerial victories and a former racing driver from Australia. He was born in Melbourne. He participated in four World Championship Grands Prix driving his HWM, debuting on 22 June 1952. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula 2 races across Europe as well as competing in the Australian and New Zealand Grands Prix in the early 1950s. Gaze is also step-grandfather to the third generation of Davison racing drivers, Alex, Will and James. His war time service highlights included becoming the first Squadron Leader of an Allied jet air wing (RAF 616 squadron) to operate over enemy territory, first Allied pilot to land in France after D-Day, the first Australian to shoot down a jet in combat and becoming the first Australian jet fighter pilot flying the Gloster Meteor during the closing stages of the war. His Me 262 victory also resulted in Tony Gaze being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for the third time and as such become the only Australian during World War II to have achieved this honour. He escaped from occupied France with the help of the French Resistance after being shot down in combat. After 488 combat missions he ended the war as Australia's tenth highest ace achieving 12.5 victories all while flying his favourite mount the Supermarine Spitfire. During the war he had also flown with some of the most famous names including Wing Commander Douglas Bader, highest allied European war Ace Johnnie Johnson (Spitfire Ace with 38 victories) as part of the RAF's famous Tangmere Wing and Paul Tibbets (pilot of the 'Enola Gay', B29 Bomber) who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. After the war Gaze became the first Australian to contest a World Championship motor race when he competed in the 1952 Belgian Grand Prix. His racing career saw him competing in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in open wheelers and sports cars. Early in 1955 Tony helped to established Australia’s first all Australian overseas racing team called ‘The Kangaroo Stable’ that included racing drivers such as Jack Brabham, Tom Sulman, David McKay, Les Cosh and Dick Cobden but after the tragic 1955 Le Mans race sports car racing in Europe dried up leading to the Stable disbanding later that year. He also helped establish the Goodwood motor racing circuit in 1948 by suggesting it as a potential replacement for Brooklands to the then Duke of Richmond. Today the Goodwood circuit is again a premier track as it stages the annual 'Festival of Speed' and 'Goodwood Revival' meetings. Later he helped with the development of Australian motorsport and represented Australia in the 1960 World Gliding Championships in Germany. Tony Gaze was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2006 New Year's Honours List for 'service to the sport of motor racing'. Tony Gaze was the son of Irvine Gaze a member of the Ross Sea Party who were preparing for Ernest Shackleton's expedition. Tony Gaze married racing car driver Diana Davison, who was the widow of Lex Davison.
  • Tony Gaze ist ein ehemaliger australischer Autorennfahrer. Tony Gaze, der schon in den 1930er-Jahren in seiner Heimat Australien Autorennen gefahren war, war einer der australischen Flieger mit den höchsten Auszeichnungen im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Er diente in der RAF und war der erste alliierte Flieger, der am D-Day 1944 in Frankreich landete. Es gelang ihm auch als erstem Australier, im Luftkampf einen Düsenjäger, eine Messerschmitt Me 262, abzuschießen. Nach dem Krieg nahm Gaze seine Rennfahrertätigkeit wieder auf. Er kam nach Großbritannien und kaufte einen Alta, den er bald durch einen HWM ersetzte. 1952 startete er mit diesem bei drei Weltmeisterschaftsläufen der Formel 1 und wurde damit zum ersten Australier in dieser Rennserie. Nach einigen Erfolgen bei Sportwagenrennen kehrte Gaze 1956 nach Australien zurück und wurde zu einem Pionier des modernen Motorsports in seinem Heimatland.
  • Frederick Anthony Owen Gaze on entinen australialainen F1-kuljettaja ja toisen maailmansodan lentäjä. Hän osallistui neljään F1-osakilpailuun kaudella 1952. Hän oli parhaimmillaan 15. Belgian GP:ssä 1952. Gaze on kolmannen sukupolven Davidson kilpailukuljettajien Alexin, Willin ja Jamesin isoisäpuoli. Hän osallistui lukemattomiin F2-kilpailuihin Euroopassa ja myös Australian ja Uuden-Seelannin GP:hen 1950-luvulla. Vuonna 2006 Australian Oikeus lahjoitti Gazelle mitalin tämän palveluksista moottoriurheilussa.
  • Tony Gaze is een voormalig Formule 1-coureur uit Australië. Hij reed in 1952 vier Grands Prix voor het team HWM.
  • Tony Gaze é um soldado condecorado da Segunda Guerra Mundial, e um ex-piloto de corridas da Austrália. Ele participou da Temporada de F1 de 1952. Ele não marcou nenhum ponto em campeonatos.
  • Тони Гейз — австралийский гонщик Формулы-1. Принимал участие в 4-х Гран-при за собственную команду Tony Gaze на шасси HWM-Alta, дебютировал 22 июня 1952 года. Тони стал первым официальным австралийским гонщиком Формулы-1.
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  • Tony Gaze is een voormalig Formule 1-coureur uit Australië. Hij reed in 1952 vier Grands Prix voor het team HWM.
  • Tony Gaze é um soldado condecorado da Segunda Guerra Mundial, e um ex-piloto de corridas da Austrália. Ele participou da Temporada de F1 de 1952. Ele não marcou nenhum ponto em campeonatos.
  • Тони Гейз — австралийский гонщик Формулы-1. Принимал участие в 4-х Гран-при за собственную команду Tony Gaze на шасси HWM-Alta, дебютировал 22 июня 1952 года. Тони стал первым официальным австралийским гонщиком Формулы-1.
  • Tony Gaze ist ein ehemaliger australischer Autorennfahrer. Tony Gaze, der schon in den 1930er-Jahren in seiner Heimat Australien Autorennen gefahren war, war einer der australischen Flieger mit den höchsten Auszeichnungen im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Er diente in der RAF und war der erste alliierte Flieger, der am D-Day 1944 in Frankreich landete. Es gelang ihm auch als erstem Australier, im Luftkampf einen Düsenjäger, eine Messerschmitt Me 262, abzuschießen.
  • Frederick Anthony Owen Gaze DFC & Two Bars, OAM (born 3 February 1920) is a decorated World War II flying ace credited with 12.5 aerial victories and a former racing driver from Australia. He was born in Melbourne. He participated in four World Championship Grands Prix driving his HWM, debuting on 22 June 1952. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula 2 races across Europe as well as competing in the Australian and New Zealand Grands Prix in the early 1950s.
  • Frederick Anthony Owen Gaze on entinen australialainen F1-kuljettaja ja toisen maailmansodan lentäjä. Hän osallistui neljään F1-osakilpailuun kaudella 1952. Hän oli parhaimmillaan 15. Belgian GP:ssä 1952. Gaze on kolmannen sukupolven Davidson kilpailukuljettajien Alexin, Willin ja Jamesin isoisäpuoli. Hän osallistui lukemattomiin F2-kilpailuihin Euroopassa ja myös Australian ja Uuden-Seelannin GP:hen 1950-luvulla.
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