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Re: First name of P/O Gauze 605 Sqn RAF
During this period, No. 56 Squadron was stationed at Boscombe Down, in a part of the British isles which was relatively (with few exceptions, mainly on 7 Oct 1940) calm since Luftflotte 3 had shifted mainly to night operations and most Messerschmitt fighter-bombers had been transferred to Luftflotte 2. So maybe that could explain if Gauze was not ordered out on any combat missions with No. 56 Squadron. He was posted to No. 605 Squadron at Croydon, immediately south of London, on 26 October. This Squadron saw heavy action during the next days (losing the ace Archie McKellar on 1 Nov), but maybe the rookie Gauze was spared from flying combat missions until in November? In any case, he couldn't have been flying much, according to Bob Foster (another pilot in No. 605 Squadron whom I asked about Gauze).
Is there anyone here with access to a copy of the ORB of No. 605 Squadron? I can check when I visit the National Archive later this month, but there's so much material I need to go through there, and I only have four or five days.
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