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Air Ministry

American  

noun

  1. (in England) the department of government administering all civil and military matters concerning aviation.


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Sempill offered a ride to another passenger, the aeronaut Charles Dollfus, an attaché with the French Air Ministry.

From Slate Aug. 2, 2022

"They contacted the Air Ministry, and at their request, arranged for the crew's bodies to be transported to Gibraltar where they received a full military funeral," said Wing Cdr Cameron Gair, branch president.

From BBC Dec. 13, 2019

At a dance in Worcester, he met Iris Leaworthy, a young, white Welsh woman who worked as a civil servant in the Air Ministry, and the two bonded over the surprising similarities of their upbringings.

From The New Yorker Oct. 9, 2019

For example, a British Air Ministry scientific advisor, E. V. Truefitt, presented his countryman, oceanographer George Deacon, with “one or two questions which have come up in odd conversations.”

From Salon Apr. 27, 2013

Both of Dympna’s planes were requisitioned by the Air Ministry for communications, and she was mad as a cat about it.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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