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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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

The flight lieutenant found attitudes towards him were respectful in the camp, his son says.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2021

So he fell in with the great scheme, and listened while the flight lieutenant touched upon every feature of the contemplated flight.

From Air Service Boys over the Atlantic by Beach, Charles Amory

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