flying officer

British  

noun

1. an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a pilot officer but junior to a flight lieutenant in the British and certain other air forces

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Example Sentences

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

Clouds, to the flying officer on active service, are either useful friends or unstrafeable enemies.

From Cavalry of the Clouds by Bott, Alan