Born 1907. Educated at Wellington College. Entered the Bank of New Zealand in 1926. Attended the Brooklands School of Flying 1929-1931. Career as a pilot during the 1930s. Fighter pilot during the Second World War and Squadron Leader. After the war became a civil aviation administrator. Son of Edwin Thomas and Emma Taylor. Married Gladys Beatrice Turner in 1937 (who died in 1988).
Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul, 1907-1997
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Photographs of Bob Smillie and Wellington Squadron RNZAF
Date: [ca 1930-1941]
From: Smillie, Doris Gean Nineham, 1904-2001: Photographs
Reference: Series-6585
Description: Contains photographs relating to Bob Smillie and the Wellington Squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, with photographs mainly dating from 1937 to 1940. In addition to group portraits, photographs show time spent training at the RNZAF base at Woodbourne, Blenheim. With the exception of two group portraits by Sydney Charles Smith, photographers are unidentified. Quantity: 16 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Copy negatives. Processing information: Reference number changed from PAColl-5240, record description enhanced, and item records created for each copy negative on 25 September 2019. This work was done by staff as part of a project knitting together records for material of the same provenance into one finding aid.
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Trip to Britain and Europe
Date: 1929
From: Taylor, Lewis F P : Photograph albums relating to the life and aviation career of Lewis Taylor
By: Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul (Mrs), active 1995; Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul, 1907-1997
Reference: PA1-o-744
Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
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Crichton, McKay & Haughton :Residence, Lowry Bay, Eastbourne, for L F P Taylor Esq. Als...
Date: 1936
From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]
By: Crichton McKay & Haughton (Firm)
Reference: Plans-91-0317/0318
Description: Includes site plan, drainage plan and details of kitchen cupboards, reinforced concrete chimney and fireplace. Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on dressed linen, sizes varying
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Wellington College school days, friends and family
Date: ca1913-ca1925
From: Taylor, Lewis F P : Photograph albums relating to the life and aviation career of Lewis Taylor
By: Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul (Mrs), active 1995; Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul, 1907-1997
Reference: PA1-q-566
Description: Lewis Taylor and his friends as school boys at Wellington College. Summer swimming in river, boating on Wellington Harbour, ships in Wellington Harbour, family and family friends Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
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Correspondence
Date: 1925-1932
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-04B/10
Description: Correspondence files for 1932 organised alphabetically by name of correspondent. Includes letter from Carl Pfeifer enclosing a copy of Chief Judge Jones' 1925 judgement regarding the Tarawera Block. Other - Previous identifier 80-115-04B/09A Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Lewis Taylor and friends on hunting and tramping trips. Holidays in the Wanganui River ...
Date: ca1918-ca1927
From: Taylor, Lewis F P : Photograph albums relating to the life and aviation career of Lewis Taylor
By: Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul (Mrs), active 1995; Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul, 1907-1997
Reference: PA1-o-742
Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
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Taylor, Lewis F P : Photograph albums relating to the life and aviation career of Lewis...
Date: ca1918-1964
By: Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul, 1907-1997; Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul (Mrs), active 1995
Reference: PAColl-4936
Description: Two albums cover Lewis Taylor's school days at Wellington college, his friends and their exploits - swimming, tramping, hunting and boating. There are also a number of photos of people - probably family members. A third album covers Taylor's trip to Britain and the Continent during the late 1920s. The purpose of this was to try and join the RAF. There is another album of much the same period of a trip to the Pacific Islands. The fifth album records the Fourth Informal Meeting of Directors of Civil Aviation in Asia and the South Pacific, Tokyo, 16-20 November 1964 Arrangement: Albums housed at PA1-o-742 to 744, PA1-q-566 and 567 Quantity: 5 album(s).
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Trip to Fiji and Sydney. Hunting in New Zealand
Date: ca1928
From: Taylor, Lewis F P : Photograph albums relating to the life and aviation career of Lewis Taylor
By: Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul (Mrs), active 1995; Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul, 1907-1997
Reference: PA1-o-743
Description: Extensive record of trip to Fiji and Hunting in the Paraparas. Smaller record of Sydney trip. Family and friends Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
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Crichton, McKay & Haughton :Residence, Lowry Bay, Eastbourne, for L F P Taylor Esq. Dec...
Date: 1936
From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]
By: Crichton McKay & Haughton (Firm)
Reference: Plans-91-1965
Description: Shows details of entrance gates, elevation of servery to dining room, bookcases, detail of septic tank and tank stand. The house has a flat roof and art deco style. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on dressed linen, 450 x 630 mm.
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Fourth informal meeting of Directors of Civil Aviation in Asia and the South Pacific, T...
Date: 1964
From: Taylor, Lewis F P : Photograph albums relating to the life and aviation career of Lewis Taylor
By: Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul (Mrs), active 1995; Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul, 1907-1997
Reference: PA1-q-567
Description: Quantity: 1 album(s).
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Inteviews with Calibration Flight employees
Date: 1988?-12 Aug 1995
From: Ford, John D (Captain), 1937-2012: Papers relating to career in Calibration Flight
Reference: MS-Papers-11824-011
Description: Contains interviews with eight former employees of Calibration Flight. The interviews are conducted by Captain Ford. They discuss the interviewee's involvement in World War II and their careers with Calibration Flight. Some interviews have accompanying photocopies of articles and photographs that are relevant to the interviewee. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts, printed material
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Taylor, L F P : Papers
By: Taylor, Lewis Francis Paul, 1907-1997
Reference: MS-Papers-4829
Description: Papers, comprising some letters, clippings and ephemera, relating to Taylor's career with Royal Flying Corps, and later flying career. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.
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Crichton, McKay & Haughton :Residence, Lowry Bay, Eastbourne, for L F P Taylor Esq. Dec...
Date: 1936
From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]
By: Crichton McKay & Haughton (Firm)
Reference: Plans-91-1966
Description: Shows floor plan, foundation plan, electrical layout, four elevations, and two sections. The house has a flat roof and art deco style. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on dressed linen, 450 x 630 mm.