flight-lieutenant

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Behind his back the door opened and the flight-lieutenant came into the little room, a fresh-faced young man of twenty-five called Hooper.

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010
The flight-lieutenant said: "What time did it happen?"

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That flight-lieutenant had a nerve ... although why hadn't the Lochentie been in convoy, anyway?

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The officers gathered round the flight-lieutenant, armed with their charts, and heard the latest orders.

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Chambers changed places with the flight-lieutenant and took over the piloting.

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He flew one dual with a flight-lieutenant for a couple of hours and learned to land it in the swept lanes of the aerodrome: then he flew it solo for a few hours more.

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Then he drank a pint of beer and had a game of shove-halfpenny with a flight-lieutenant.

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He reached for his notebook; the flight-lieutenant looked over his shoulder.

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The flight-lieutenant understood this well enough.

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Chambers was in the third machine to go, serving as second pilot to a flight-lieutenant called Dixon.

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010