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Marshal of the Royal Air Force

British  

noun

  1. a rank in the Royal Air Force comparable to that of Field Marshal in the British army

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The king, wearing the uniform of the Marshal of the Royal Air Force, including a grey greatcoat against the cold, laid a wreath featuring 41 open-style fabric poppies.

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2023

Stepping into an apple-green Baby Rolls, and wearing for the first time in his life the blue uniform of Marshal of the Royal Air Force.

From Time Magazine Archive

From Sandringham he flew 60 miles to Cranwell, Lincolnshire, to inspect, as Marshal of the Royal Air Force, one of the nation's military aviation colleges.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally Sir Hugh Trenehard was appointed Marshal of the Royal Air Force, a rank never before bestowed and the air equivalent of "Admiral of the Fleet" or "Field Marshal."

From Time Magazine Archive

The R. A. F.'s commanding officer, Sir John Maitland Salmond, was upped from the rank of Air Chief Marshal to Marshal of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to a Field Marshal in the army.

From Time Magazine Archive

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