Flight-lieutenant Definition

noun

A rank in the RAF, between that of flying officer and squadron leader, of a person in charge of a flight of aircraft, equivalent to a Royal Navy lieutenant or an Army captain.

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Other Word Forms of Flight-lieutenant

Noun

Singular:
flight-lieutenant
Plural:
flight lieutenants

Flight-lieutenant Sentence Examples

  • Here I was shown into a battered corrugated iron hangar, where I was greeted by a battered, corrugated iron flight lieutenant.

  • He was a Sergeant rigger when he was in the Far East. and Flight Lieutenant (Eng.) whilst stationed at RAF Warboys.

  • His instructor, Flight Lieutenant H.E. Power, was trapped in the wreckage with his clothing alight.

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