Gustavo Leigh

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Gustavo Leigh
Born	(1920-09-19)September 19, 1920 Santiago, Chile
Died	September 29, 1999(1999-09-29) (aged 79) Santiago, Chile
Allegiance	Chile
Service/branch	Chilean Air Force
Years of service	1938–1978 (commissioned as pilot officer in 1941)
Rank	Air General
Unit	2nd Aviation Group
Commands held	9th Aviation Group (1957–1961) 5th Aviation Group(1961–1963) Second Air Brigade(1963–1967) Aviation School "Captain Manuel Ávalos Prado"(1967–1970) Personnel Command of the Air Force(1970–1973) Commander-in-chief of the Air Force(1973–1978)
Awards	Iron Cross First Class
Other work	Statesman, Politician
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Air General Gustavo Leigh Guzmán (September 19, 1920 – September 29, 1999) was a Chilean general, who represented the Air Force in the 1973 Chilean coup d'état and, for a time, in the ruling junta that followed. Leigh was forced out of the military government in 1978.^[1]