Frederick Anthony Owen Gaze DFC & Two Bars, OAM (born 3 February 1920 in Melbourne) is a decorated World War II flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories and a former racing driver from Australia. He participated in four World Championship Grands Prix driving his HWM, debuting on June 22, 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 in Melbourne) is a decorated World War II flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories and a former racing driver from Australia. He participated in four World Championship Grands Prix driving his HWM, debuting on June 22, 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 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 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 such an honour. He escaped from occupied France with the help of the French Resistance after being shot down in combat. He ended the war as one of Australia's greatest aces, 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 Vic) and Paul Tibbets (pilot of the 'Enola Gay', B29 Bomber) who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. After the war Gaze became Australia's first official formula one driver by competing in the 1952 Belgian Grand Prix. His racing career that saw him competing in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in openwheelers and sports cars. 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 develop Australian motorsport and represented Australia in the 1960 World Gliding Championships in Germany. Gaze was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2006 New Year's Honours List for services to motorsport.
  • 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.
  • Tony Gaze va ser un pilot de curses automobilístiques australià que va arribar a disputar curses de Fórmula 1. Tony Gaze va néixer el 3 de febrer del 1920. Va ser també un destacat pilot aeri a la II Guerra Mundial.
  • 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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  • Frederick Anthony Owen Gaze DFC & Two Bars, OAM (born 3 February 1920 in Melbourne) is a decorated World War II flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories and a former racing driver from Australia. He participated in four World Championship Grands Prix driving his HWM, debuting on June 22, 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.
  • 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.
  • Tony Gaze va ser un pilot de curses automobilístiques australià que va arribar a disputar curses de Fórmula 1. Tony Gaze va néixer el 3 de febrer del 1920. Va ser també un destacat pilot aeri a la II Guerra Mundial.
  • 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.
  • 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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