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Name: George William Gladstone Gauld
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Country: Canada
Rank: Lieutenant
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Unit: 74
Victories: 5
Born: 26 July 1896
Place of Birth: Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: 28 October 1964
Place of Death: Mimico, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cemetery: Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Image
 
 
The son of George Robert and Janet Rowe (McCall) Gauld, George William Gladstone Gauld scored 5 victories flying the S.E.5a with 74 Squadron in 1918. He was a barrister in 1930.
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 30 Jul 1918 1210 74 S.E.5a Rumpler C (DESF) 1 Cassell-Ypres
2 02 Aug 1918 0930 74 S.E.5a (C6468) LVG C (CAP) 2 Dickebusch
3 26 Oct 1918 1455 74 S.E.5a (C9295) Fokker D.VII (OOC) Cordes
4 01 Nov 1918 1550 74 S.E.5a (C9295) Fokker D.VII (CAP) W of Audenarde
5 01 Nov 1918 1550 74 S.E.5a (C9295) Fokker D.VII (OOC) W of Audenarde
1 Shared with Ira Jones, Harold Shoemaker
2 Shared with Frederick Gordon
 
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