Biographical Data
Leckie, Robert Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Title	Air Marshall (RCAF)
Official Number	(nk)

 

Birth	16/04/1890	Death	31/03/1975
Place	Glasgow	Place	Ottawa
Area	Scotland	Area	ON
Country	UK	Country	Canada

 

Titles
Honours	CB. DSO. DSC. DFC. M.I.D. Order of Polonia Restituta First Class (Poland). Commander of the Legion of Merit (USA). Order of the White Lion Second Class (Czechoslovakia), Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur (France)
Awards
Qualifications

 

Biography
He emigrated to Canada at a young age. He was a graduate of Curtiss Flying School.

 

Military Service

He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 06/12/1915). He was appointed as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 06/12/1915). He served in RNAS Felixstowe 1916. He was appointed as a Flight Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 30/06/1917). He served in RN Air Station Great Yarmouth 1917. He was appointed as a Flight Commander (Temp.) RNAS. (Transferred to RAF) 1918. He was appointed as a Major RAF. He served in RAF Yarmouth 1918. He was appointed as a Lieutenant Colonel. He served as Commanding Officer #1 Wing Canadian Air Force (Shoreham) as Commanding Officer 1919. He was appointed as a Lieutenant Colonel (Commanding Ist Central Ontario Regiment). He served as Director Flying Operations Canadian Air Board 1919. He was appointed as a Member Canadian Air Board 1921-22. He served in Boys Training Wing Halton RAF 1922. He served in the RN Staff College 1922-23. He served in HQ Staff Coastal Command 1923-25. He served as Commanding Officer (RAF) H.M.S. Hermes (Aircraft Carrier) 1925-27. He served as Commanding Officer (RAF) H.M.S. Courageous (Aircraft Carrier) 1927-29. He served as Commanding Officer RAF Station Bircham Newton 1929-31. He served in RAF Marine Experimental Station Felixstowe 1931. He served as Commanding Officer #210 RAF Flying Boat Squadron 1931. He served as Commanding Officer RAF Station Hendon 1933-35. He served as Superintendent RAF Reserve 1933-35. He served as AdC to HM the King 1936. He served as Director of Training Air Ministry 1935-38. He served as Commanding Officer RAF Mediteranean 1938-39, (Transferred to RCAF) 1940. He was appointed as a Air Vice Marshall RCAF. He served as Director of Training RCAF 1940. He served as a Member Air Council for Training RCAF 1940. He served as A/Chief of Air Staff RCAF 1944-47. He was appointed as a Air Marshall RCAF. He served as Chief of Air Staff RCAF 1944-7. (He was retired in 1947.)

 

Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown	He destroyed the Zepplins L-22 (off Texel Island) in 1917 and L-70 in 1918. Carried more than 100 sorties in World War One.)
Named Features

 

Anecdotes

 

References
Hiorth, D. (1995); Grant, Scottie & Bob Murray (nd); Blatherwick, John (1992) ; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); MacFarlane, John M. (1994);
Last update
2011-01-31 00:00:00

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