Events and activities, geographical locations, types of aircraft, individuals and groups associated with the aviation career of Z. Lewis Leigh as a pilot with the following commercial companies, 1929-1940: Southern Alberta Airlines; Maritime and Newfoundland Airways; Explorers' Air Transport Ltd.; Brandon Aero Association; Canadian Airways Ltd.; Trans-Canada Air Lines; and as an officer of the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1940-1957, including the following appointments: Commanding Officer, No. 13 Squadron; Director of Air Transport Command, Air Force Headquarters; Commanding Officer, RCAF Station Goose Bay; Officer Commanding No. 12 Group, North West Air Command; Director of Air Operations, Air Force Headquarters; Officer Commanding No. 2 Group (Auxiliary). The following events and activities are documented: activities of the 20th Field Battery, Sarcee Camp, Alta., 1925-1931; crash of DH-60M Moth aircraft CF-ADJ, Lethbridge, 1 February 1931; visit of the Trans Canada Air Pageant to Sydney, 1931; fire in docks, Saint John, N.B., 1931; search for Heinkel aircraft from the German passenger ship Bremen which crashed in Cobequid Bay, November 1931; crash of Fairchild FC-2W2 aircraft CF-AAO, Fort McMurray, December 1934; visit of the Father-General of the Oblate Order to Roman Catholic missions at Beauval and Patuanak, Sask., June 1935; flood on the Smoky River, July 1935; Wiley Post and Will Rogers at Aklavik, August 1935, during the round-the-world flight on which they were killed in a crash near Point Barrow; Beechcraft aircraft G-ADLE of Harold Farquhar and Fritz Bieler at Fort McMurray during a round-the-world flight, August 1935; destruction by fire of the Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker aircraft CF-AIA, Fort McMurray, 27 December 1935; Lewis Leigh's training in instrument flying at the Boeing School of Aeronautics, Oakland, 1936; delivery of the first Lockheed 10A Electra aircraft (CF-AZY) purchased by Canadian Airways Ltd., 1936; delivery of Lockheed 14-H2 aircraft CF-TCF to Trans-Canada Air Lines, Regina, 18 November 1938; crash-landing of Lockheed 14-H2 aircraft CF-TCI of Trans-Canada Air Lines, Vancouver, 26 January 1940.
The following events and activities are documented: crash of Bristol Bolingbroke aircraft 716 of the RCAF, 31 January 1942; Jack Hone's survey flight to Northern Quebec, Baffin Island and Greenland, June-July 1943; investiture of Lewis Leigh with the O.B.E., Ottawa, 1944; Quebec Conference, September 1944; Exercise Muskox, 1946; visit of Prime Minister Walter Nash of New Zealand, Ottawa, 1946; Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's tour of Canada, 1946; activities of Lewis Leigh as Commanding Officer of RCAF Station Goose Bay, 1946-1948; award of the Trans-Canada (McKee) Trophy to Lewis Leigh, 1947; inspections of Air Cadet squadrons at various places in British Columbia, 1948-1949; flood on the Fraser River, May-June 1948; Operation Attache, The Pas, September 1948; visit of General B.G. Nordenskjold of the Swedish Air Force, Vancouver, 1949; visit of Viscount and Lady Alexander to Vancouver and Victoria, 1949; activities of Lewis Leigh at the National Defence College, Kingston, 1949-1950; retirement dinner for Gordon Diamond, Trenton, 1967; installation of Lockheed 10A aircraft of Trans-Canada Air Lines in the National Aviation Museum, Ottawa, 15 October 1968; dinner honouring R.A. "Bud" White as winner of the Trans-Canada (McKee) Trophy, Ottawa, 24 October 1968; celebration honouring Phil Garrett's fifty years as an active pilot, Toronto, October 1971; military ball marking the 25th anniversary of RCAF Air Transport Command, 22 September 1973; investiture of Lewis Leigh as a Member of Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, Edmonton, 16 July 1974; annual convention of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society, Toronto, June 1976; Trans-Canada (McKee) Trophy dinner, Québec, Quebec, May 1977.
The following geographical locations are documented: Baker Lake, N.W.T.; Bear Lake, N.W.T.; Beauval, Sask.; Burgeo, Nfld.; Calgary, Alta.; Cambridge Bay, N.W.T.; Cameron Bay, N.W.T.; Charlottetown, P.E.I.; Chimo, Labrador; Churchill, Man.; Churchill Falls; Cooking Lake, Alta.; Coppermine, N.W.T.; Echo Bay, N.W.T.; Fort Chipewyan, Alta.; Fort McMurray, Alta.; Fort Norman, N.W.T.; Fort Rae, N.W.T.; Fort Resolution, N.W.T.; Fort Smith, N.W.T.; Fredericton, N.B.; Frobisher Bay, N.W.T.; Gibraltar; Goose Bay, Labrador; Grande Prairie, Alta.; Halifax, N.S.; Hamilton Falls; Kapasiwin, Alta.; Kapuskasing, Ont.; Kasba Lake, N.W.T.; Lac la Biche, Alta.; Makkovik, Labrador; Mistassini, Quebec; Mount Baker, B.C.; Nain, Labrador; Nanaimo, B.C.; North West River, Labrador; Ottawa, Ont.; Patuanak, Sask.; Québec, Quebec; Regina, Sask.; Rivers, Man.; Stony Rapids, Sask.; Vancouver, B.C.; Vernon, B.C.; Victoria, B.C.; Windy Lake, Alta.; Winnipeg, Man.; Yellowknife, N.W.T.
The following types of aircraft are documented: American Eagle A-129 CF-AHZ, Armstrong Whitworth Siskins 20, 22 and 210 of the RCAF, Avro Avian IVM CF-CBC or CF-CBD, Avro Lancaster PD328, Beechcraft G-ADLE, Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker CF-AIA, Bellanca 66-70 Air Cruiser CF-AWR, Boeing 40B-4 CF-AIM, Boeing 203 NC587K of the Boeing School of Aeronautics, Boeing 247D, Boeing B-17s 9204, 9205 of the RCAF, Canadair North Star, Command-Aire 3C3 CF-APQ, Consolidated 20 Fleetster Type 2 CF-AIP, Consolidated Canso 9815 of the RCAF, Curtiss C-1 Robin CF-AHF, DH-60M Moth CF-AGJ, DH Vampire 17034 of the RCAF, Douglas Dakota KN291 of the RCAF, Fairchild 71 183 of the RCAF, Fairchild 71C CF-ATZ, Fairchild FC-2W2 CF-AAO, Fairchild KR-21A CF-AMI, Fleet Model 7 CF-AOC, Fokker F.XIV CF-AIx, Fokker Universal G-CAHE, Fokker Universal G-CAHJ, Fairchild FC-2 G-CAHL, Fokker Super Universal G-CASK, Fokker Super Universal CF-AJF, Fokker Universal G-CASE, Ford Trimotor G-CYWZ of the RCAF, General 102-A Aristocrat CF-ALG, Junkers W-34 CF-AMZ, Junkers W-34 CF-ARI, Kari-Keen Coupe CF-ANR or CF-ANS, Laird LCB-200 CF-APW, Laird LCB-200 CF-APY, Lockheed 10A Electra CF-TCC, Lockheed 14-H CF-TCD, Lockheed 14-H2 CF-TCI, Lockheed 14-H2 CF-TCK, Lockheed Hudsons MX:M and MX:P of the RCAF, Noorduyn Norseman 365, Pitcairn PCA-2 CF-ARO, Stinson Biplane, Travel Air 2000 CF-AFI, Travel Air E-400 CF-AME, Waco GXE CF-AOI.
The following individuals are documented: C.C. Austin, M.B. "Jock" Barclay, A.M. "Matt" Berry, M.P. Bogert, Lloyd S. Breadner, R.G. Briese, Newton Bryden, Maurice Burbidge, Hugh L. Campbell, Henry M. Carscallen, C. Morden Carter, Harold M. Cathcart, W.E. Catton, P.T. Coolican, Bill Coulson, O.B. Coumans, Chuck Darrow, W.J. Dean, Gordon Diamond, C.H. "Punch" Dickins, A.D. Dinsmore, Al Dyne, C.M.G. "Con" Farrell, D.D. Findlay, Walter W. Fowler, Fergie Fraser, Ronald F. George, R.F. Gibb, Walter E. Gilbert, G.H. Gooderham, C.W. Gordon, J. Lorne Gray, Kenneth M. Guthrie, Dick Halcrow, Frank Hartley, Barney Hartman, Gordon Haslett, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, J.B. Home-Hay, Jack Hone, Rudy Huess, J.F. Irvine, W.J. Jacquot, Jackie Jones, Frank Kelly, H. Marlowe Kennedy, W.R. Lavery, Robert Leckie, J.D. Leigh, Z. Lewis Leigh, Lillian Jane "Lin" Leigh, H.T. "Slim" Lewis, H.W. Lupton, J.K. Lynch.
The following individuals are documented: R.E. "Sam" McBride, Grant MacConachie, Jimmy McDonald, J.R. McGowan, F. Maurice McGregor, Wess McIntosh, Andrew R. McKenzie, Donald R. MacLaren, Chuck McLeod, Patrick McTaggart-Cowan, W.R. "Wop" May, Ben Metcalfe, R. Bruce Middleton, Ralph Milani, Joe Mirabelli, D.D. Murphy, Kenneth G. Nairn, W.S. Page, J.H. Palmer, Al Parker, Joe Patton, John L. Plant, Charles Portal, C.G. "Chubby" Power, W.B. Purvis, Art Rankin, Frank Rapp, Barney A. Rawson, T.M. "Pat" Reid, R.C. Ripley, J.L. "Lindy" Rood, A. Dwight Ross, Graham Rowley, Howard Sandgathe, Herb W. Seagrim, G.P. Silke, B.G. Smith, R.M. Smith, Gordon Steeves, E.W. Stull, A.M. Sutherland, Bill Sutherland, Henry Swanson, Harry Umphrey, Casey Vanderlinden, Dick Vanderlinden, Archie Vanhee, James A. Verner, R.C.A. Waddell, J. Tuzo Wilson, Harry J. Winny, D.Z.T. Wood, Frank I. Young.
The following groups are documented: RCAF Blind Flying Course, Camp Borden, 1932; Cyril Knight prospecting party, August 1934; first group of pilots hired by Trans-Canada Air Lines, 1938; F/L M.P. Martyn's flight, No. 11(BR) Squadron, RCAF, Dartmouth, 1940; pilots and instructors, No. 13(OT) Squadron, RCAF, Patricia Bay, 1941-1942; aircrew of No. 168(HT) Squadron, RCAF, Rockcliffe, 1943; RCAF Western Air Command conference, Edmonton, 1948; reunion of recipients of the Trans-Canada (McKee) Trophy, Winnipeg, 1948; RCAF Air Officers' Commanding conference, Ottawa, 1954; Commanding Officers' conference, RCAF Air Defence Command, Montréal, 1955; members of the Order of Icarus, Edmonton, 1973.
Photos by unknown photographers and by the following: Hugh A. Halliday; Housez Studios (1966) Ltd.; Lewis Leigh; Lockheed Photo/J.H. Washburn; Gilbert Milne; Royal Canadian Air Force.