Leon Bennett is a graduate of the New York University College of Engineering, with both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Aeronautical Engineering. He continued as a research worker at the University, attaining the rank of Senior Research Scientist, and also lectured on prosthetic devices at the NYU Medical School. Upon the closing of the Engineering College, he transferred to the Veterans Administration, where his research efforts won the 1984 award for vascular research by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. His military service was spent as a researcher at the Ballistics Research Lab, at Aberdeen, MD. / His research output consists of 36 articles on subjects such as insect flight, blood flow, and load dissipation by human tissue. Following retirement, he has written two highly-regarded books about World War I aerial combat, Three Wings for the Red Baron, and Gunning for the Red Baron. He has also prepared numerous how-to articles for hobby magazines featuring model aeroplanes, including Flying Models, Model Aviation and the Flying Aces Newsletter.