Robert Leckie (RCAF officer)

Robert Leckie
Leckie in 1919
Born	(1890-04-16)16 April 1890 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	31 March 1975(1975-03-31) (aged 84) Ottawa, Canada
Allegiance	United Kingdom Canada
Service / branch	Royal Navy (1915–18) Royal Air Force (1918–42) Royal Canadian Air Force (1942–47)
Years of service	1915–1947
Rank	Air marshal
Commands	Chief of the Air Staff, RCAF (1944–47) RAF Mediterranean (1938–40) RAF Hendon (1933–35) No. 210 Squadron RAF (1931–33) RAF Bircham Newton (1929–31) No. 1 Wing CAF (1919) No. 228 Squadron RAF (1918–19)
Battles / wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Service Cross Distinguished Flying Cross Canadian Forces' Decoration Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Grand Officer of the Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia) King Haakon VII Freedom Cross (Norway) Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland) Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)

Air Marshal Robert Leckie, CB, DSO, DSC, DFC, CD (16 April 1890 – 31 March 1975) was an air officer in the Royal Air Force and later in the Royal Canadian Air Force, and served as Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1944 to 1947. He initially served in the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War, where he became known as one of "the Zeppelin killers from Canada", after shooting down two airships. During the inter-war period he served as a Royal Air Force squadron and station commander, eventually becoming the RAF's Director of Training in 1935, and was Air Officer Commanding RAF Mediterranean from 1938 until after the beginning of the Second World War. In 1940 he returned to Canada where he was primarily responsible for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, transferring to the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942.^[1][2]