flying officer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A quiet flying officer, whose last assignment with the R.A.F. was to train navy pilots—“We’d get them started out right, and then they’d go to pieces”—doesn’t bustle about very much.
From Golf Digest ● May 5, 2020
A year later he became navigator of a bomber squadron before being promoted to flying officer.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2019
Heading the list as No. 1 U. S. flying officer was West Pointer Delos Carleton Emmons, commander of the GHQ Air Force and until last week "Hap" Arnold's subordinate.
From Time Magazine Archive
A onetime U. S. Navy and Army flying officer, he once was a member of Pan-American.
From Time Magazine Archive
The young flying officer gave a jerk of his fair head; a whisper to Golden, another to his hostess....
From The Disturbing Charm by Berta Ruck
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