flying officer

noun

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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How to use flying officer in a sentence

The clerk, in a species of rabbit hutch, glanced out curiously at the young flying officer.
Back To Billabong | Mary Grant Bruce
"I opened the door and went down the staircase," said the young flying officer.
The Hand in the Dark | Arthur J. Rees
There was an English flying officer in the camp whose uniform had been badly spoilt when he had been brought down.
The Escaping Club | A. J. Evans
After it was over, I went with a young flying officer into the old cathedral.
The Great War As I Saw It | Frederick George Scott
But, anyway, a German flying officer there had several in his pockets and gave me a nice one.
Outwitting the Hun | Pat O'Brien

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