George Gauld (aviator)

Lieutenant George William Gladstone Gauld was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.[4]

George William Gladstone Gauld
BornUnknown
Mimico, Canada[1]
Died28 October 1964[2]
Mimico, Canada
AllegianceGeorge V of the British Empire
Service/branchFlying service
RankLieutenant
UnitNo. 74 Squadron RAF
AwardsDistinguished Flying Cross
Other workBarrister in 1930[3]

Gauld ran up a string of five victories late in World War I while flying a Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a for 74 Squadron. On 30 July 1918, in concert with fellow aces Ira Jones and Harold Shoemaker, he flamed a Rumpler reconnaissance plane. On 2 August, he and Frederick Gordon cooperated to capture an LVG recon plane. On 26 October, Gauld drove down a Fokker D.VII out of control. On 1 November 1918, he captured a Fokker D.VII and drove another one down out of control.[5]

Sources of information
  1. Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920. p. 164.
  2. "George William Gladstone Gauld". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  3. "Gauld". Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  4. "George William Gladstone Gauld". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  5. "George William Gladstone Gauld". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved 5 February 2010.

References

Above the Trenches: a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920. Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990. ISBN 0-948817-19-4, ISBN 978-0-948817-19-9.


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