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Australia's 1st F1 star dies, age 93
Tony Gaze, the first Australian to compete in a round of the Formula 1 world championship and a decorated World War II pilot, has died at age 93.
Gaze bore the distinction of being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross three times; having been the first Australian to fly jet aircraft operationally; the first Australian pilot to shoot down an enemy jet aircraft; and having escaped occupied France with the help of the French Resistance. Tony was also the first Allied pilot to land in France after D-Day.
Like many drivers of the era, Gaze entered the world of motorsport following the end of hostilities and at the 1952 Belgian Grand Prix, he became the first Australian driver to compete in a...
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