Tony Gaze

Frederick Anthony Owen Gaze, DFC & Ma'aikatan Bars Biyu , OAM (3 ga Fabrairu 1920 - 29 ga Yuli 2013) matukin jirgin yaƙi ne kuma direban tsere na Australiya. Ya tashi tare da Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Royal a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, ya kasance gwarzon jirgin sama wanda aka yaba da nasarori 12.5 da aka tabbatar (11 da 3 da aka raba), kuma daga baya ya ji daɗin nasarar tseren a Burtaniya, Turai da Ostiraliya. Shi ne ɗan ƙasar Australiya na farko da ya shiga gasar tseren Formula One Grand Prix.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Gaze a Melbourne, Victoria, a ranar 20 ga Fabrairu, 1920, ɗan Irvine Gaze, memba na Ross Sea Party wanda ke shirin tafiyar Ernest Shackleton. Ya yi karatu a Makarantar Grammar Geelong, kuma lokacin da aka ayyana yaƙi a watan Satumba na 1939, ya kasance ɗalibi a Kwalejin Queens, Cambridge.

 Aikin soja 

 Nasarar farko 
Gaze ya shiga RAF a shekarar 1940, kuma bayan kammala horo kuma an rubuta sa'o'i 122 na lokacin tashi, an tura shi zuwa ga rundunar sojoji mai lamba 610 a RAF Westhampnett a watan Maris na 1941, jiragen yaƙi masu tashi a kan hanya . Kisan farko da Gaze ya yi ya faru ne a ranar 26 ga Yuni lokacin da ya kayar da jirgin Messerschmitt Bf 109. A wata mai zuwa ya sake samun nasarori biyu, rabi ɗaya da kuma yiwuwar biyu. Don waɗannan nasarorin, an ba shi lambar yabo ta farko daga cikin DFCs uku. Ɗan'uwansa, Pilot Officer Scott Gaze ya shiga rundunar sojoji mai lamba 610 tare da shi a farkon 1941, amma an kashe shi a fafatawa a ranar 23 ga Maris 1941. A watan Nuwamba 1941, an tura Gaze zuwa OTU mai lamba 57 a matsayin malami.

 Komawa Birtaniya 
A watan Fabrairun 1944, Gaze ya shiga Sashen Haɓaka Yaƙin Sama (ADFU) a Wittering, inda ya sake shiga Rundunar Soja Mai Lamba 610 a nahiyar a watan Yulin 1944. Ya yi ikirarin cewa an harbo jirgin Messerschmitt Me 262 kusa da Emmrich a Rhine a ranar 14 ga Fabrairun 1945 (wani jirgin Me 262A-2 na I./ KG 51 da Rudolf Hoffmann ya tashi) (ɗan ƙasar Australiya na farko da ya cimma wannan nasarar) kuma ya yi amfani da jirgin Arado Ar 234 mai bom a ranar 12 ga Afrilun 1945.

Nasarar da aka samu a tseren Me 262 ta sa aka bai wa Gaze lambar yabo ta Distinguished Flying Cross a karo na uku; daya daga cikin mutane 47 kacal a yakin duniya na biyu."Squadron Leader Tony Gaze". The Daily Telegraph. 31 July 2002. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

Bayan wata guda da rundunar sojojin sama ta 41 Squadron RAF a watan Afrilu, a ranar 2 ga Mayu 1945, an naɗa Gaze a matsayin kwamandan rundunar sojoji ta 616, inda ya zama ɗaya daga cikin 'yan Australiya na farko (bayan F/O JN McKay, RAAF)  da suka tashi da jirgin Gloster Meteor a yaƙi a lokacin ƙarshen yaƙin.

A lokacin yaƙin, Gaze ta kuma yi amfani da wasu shahararrun sunaye, ciki har da Kwamandan Wing Douglas Bader, babban ɗan wasan ƙungiyar Allied Johnnie Johnson (nasara 38) a matsayin wani ɓangare na Tangmere Wing na RAF da Paul Tibbets, matukin jirgin ' Enola Gay ', B29 Bomber wanda ya jefa bam ɗin atomic a kan Hiroshima.

 Jerin nasarorin da aka samu a sararin samaniyar 
Gaze ta kawo karshen yakin a matsayin ta goma a jerin manyan jiragen ruwa na Ostiraliya, inda ta yi ikirarin cewa an lalata 12.5 (11 da 3 da aka raba (bayanin kula: jerin da ke ƙasa ya haɗa da lalata jirgin V1)), yiwuwar 4, da kuma 5 da suka lalace a cikin ayyukan yaƙi 488, duk yayin da suke shawagi da jiragen ruwa na Supermarine Spitfires na Marks daban-daban. 
Nasara Lamba Kwanan wata Rundunar sojoji Jiragen sama na abokan gaba Bayanan kula 1. 26 Yuni 1941 Rundunar sojoji mai lamba 610 Messerschmitt Me 109E Kaburbura Mai yiwuwa 26 Yuni 1941 Rundunar sojoji mai lamba 610 Messerschmitt Bf 109 Kaburbura Lalace 2 ga Yuli 1941 Rundunar sojoji mai lamba 610 Messerschmitt Bf 109 Lille 1.5 6 ga Yuli 1941 Rundunar sojoji mai lamba 610 Messerschmitt Bf 109 ya raba Lille 2.5 10 ga Yuli 1941 Rundunar sojoji mai lamba 610 Messerschmitt Bf 109 Hardelot 3.5 10 ga Yuli 1941 Rundunar sojoji mai lamba 610 Messerschmitt Bf 109 Hardelot Mai yiwuwa 17 ga Yuli 1941 Rundunar sojoji mai lamba 610 Messerschmitt Bf 109 Le Touquet Mai yiwuwa 13 ga Yuli 1942 Rundunar sojoji ta lamba 616 Messerschmitt Bf 109 Abbéville 4.5 18 ga Yuli 1942 Rundunar sojoji ta lamba 616 Focke-Wullf Fw 190 Le Touquet Mai yiwuwa 18 ga Yuli 1942 Rundunar sojoji ta lamba 616 Focke-Wullf Fw 190 Le Touquet 5.5 19 ga Agusta 1942 Rundunar sojoji ta lamba 616 Dornier Do 217 Dieppe Lalace 6 ga Satumba 1942 Rundunar sojoji ta lamba 616 Focke-Wulff Fw 190 St. Omer Lalace 11 Oktoba 1942 Rundunar sojoji ta lamba 64 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Dunkirk Lalace 16 ga Agusta 1943 Rundunar Soja Mai Lamba 129 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Eeckloo 6.5 17 ga Agusta 1943 Rundunar Soja Mai Lamba 129 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Antwerp Mai yiwuwa 19 ga Agusta 1943 Rundunar Soja Mai Lamba 129 Messerschmitt Me 109G 7.5 4 ga Satumba 1943 Rundunar sojoji ta lamba 66 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Beauchamps 8.5 5 ga Agusta 1944 Rundunar sojoji mai lamba 610 V-1 Beachy Head, Gabashin Sussex, Birtaniya 9.5 Janairu 1945 Rundunar sojoji mai lamba 610 Focke-Wulff Fw 190D A ƙasa 10.5 14 ga Fabrairu 1945 Rundunar sojoji mai lamba 610 Messerschmitt Me 262 Emmrich a Rhine 11.5 10 Afrilu 1945 Rundunar sojoji ta 41 Junkers Ju 52/3m Bremen-Nieuberg 12 12 Afrilu 1945 Rundunar sojoji ta 41 Arado Ar 234 ya raba Bremen 12.5 28 Afrilu 1945 Rundunar sojoji ta 41 An raba Focke-Wulff Fw 190D Filin jirgin saman Schwerin 13.5 30 Afrilu 1945 Rundunar sojoji ta 41 Focke-Wulff Fw 190D Elbe Bridgehead

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2013
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1920