flight lieutenant

British

noun

an officer holding a commissioned rank senior to a flying officer and junior to a squadron leader in the RAF and certain other air forces

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Jerry Rawlings joined the air force and earned the rank of flight lieutenant in 1978 - a year after the couple were married.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 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

Stanley Dwight, a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force, never attended one of Elton's shows, and never expressed pride in his son's success.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2019

"Another man to await news of," said the flight lieutenant sadly, when the report reached him.

From Air Service Boys in the Big Battle Or, Silencing the Big Guns by Charles Amory Beach

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