flight lieutenant
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The flight lieutenant, from Aberdeen, earned the honour for an attack on a German U-Boat while piloting a Catalina flying boat in June 1944.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025
Among the others were tattoo artists and Sale Sharks prop Amber Schonert, RAF flight lieutenant and Exeter Chiefs scrum-half Lucy Nye and teacher and Saracens centre Sydney Gregson.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2025
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
At that the eager flight lieutenant showed the utmost enthusiasm.
From Air Service Boys over the Atlantic by Charles Amory Beach
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