group captain
Britishnoun
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On Hogan’s Heroes, he played the incompetent Crittendon, a Royal Air Force group captain referred to as the colonel.
From Time • Dec. 14, 2016
The news of Mr Duffy's departure was followed by the announcement of the appointment of a new operations director, former RAF group captain Debra Barber.
From BBC • May 18, 2012
He spent much of his early childhood moving around because his father, a group captain and a station commander in the RAF, had postings at various bases in Britain, Germany and Belgium.
From The Guardian • Oct. 17, 2010
When Churchill finally got back in, in 1951, the group captain who lived at the Grange stuck a union flag pennant on the bonnet of his car and drove through the village honking his horn.
From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2010
To all such historic posers must now be added questions raised by a retired British group captain named Frederick Winterbotham.
From Time Magazine Archive
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