flight lieutenant
Britishnoun
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Thirteen days before he was born, his father, Reginald, a Royal Air Force flight lieutenant, died when his plane was shot down on a bombing mission over Greece.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2022
Weeks earlier, his father, a Royal Air Force flight lieutenant, was lost on a World War II mission over the Aegean.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022
As Ghana's longest-serving leader, former flight lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, who died on Thursday, was an influential figure for a generation of people like me born in the late 1970s.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2020
After the Battle of Britain, Lacey was promoted to flight lieutenant and awarded a Bar to his Distinguished Flying Medal.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2017
Chairs ringed the desk on which lay various trophies and gadgets such as might have decorated the room of any flight lieutenant.
From A Yankee Flier in Italy by Rutherford George Montgomery
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