Definition of leading aircraftman in English:
leading aircraftman
nounPlural leading aircraftmen
A rank held by a man in the RAF, above aircraftman and below senior aircraftman.
Example sentencesExamples
- To conduct the planned activities safely, it was split into four groups, with senior leading aircraftmen and women and junior corporals appointed as team leaders.
- In 1942 he closed the business and joined the RAF, serving in Coastal Command stations until he was posted to India, where he was a leading aircraftman in a maintenance unit.
- George was a 19-year-old leading aircraftman in the RAF, billetted in Blackpool with his pal.
- He had previously enjoyed a career in the nascent Royal Air Force as a leading aircraftman in the 1920s.
- Albert, who was a leading aircraftman in the RAF's 33 Squadron, was in Crete when German paratroopers began the first entirely airborne assault in the history of warfare.
- In particular, it would not normally be expected that a pilot officer would competently be able to fulfil all the duties commensurate to the rank of squadron leader and the same for a leading aircraftman to sergeant.
- The 24-man team, ranging in age, rank and experience from leading aircraftmen to group captains, is the pick of the 30-odd hopefuls who turned out on February 27 at Blacksmith's Beach south of Newcastle for the Air Force selection trials.
- A 200 mg patch of the chemical agent was placed on the leading aircraftman's skin.
- A leaidng aircraftman from RAAF Base Darwin gained representative rugby union honours in the annual Australian Rugby Shield.
- Workshop attendees ranged in rank from leading aircraftman / woman to squadron leader and were drawn from units across the Air Force.