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flight lieutenant
noun
- an officer holding a commissioned rank senior to a flying officer and junior to a squadron leader in the RAF and certain other air forces
Example Sentences
The court heard Mr Woods was a flight lieutenant and squadron leader during a 14-year RAF career and went on to work for BAE Systems as an instructor pilot.
For instance, Prince Harry was known in the Army as "Captain Harry Wales" and Prince William was "Flight Lieutenant William Wales" during his time in the RAF.
Among the others were tattoo artists and Sale Sharks prop Amber Schonert, RAF flight lieutenant and Exeter Chiefs scrum-half Lucy Nye and teacher and Saracens centre Sydney Gregson.
During his service to the British Empire, the RAF flight lieutenant flew several missions before being shot down, captured and placed in a prisoner of war camp.
In 1972, he found himself back in a prisoner of war camp as the hot-headed Flight Lieutenant Simon Carter in BBC drama Colditz.
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