| 单词 | marshal of the air |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMarshal of the Air 10. An officer of any of several high ranks in the Royal Air Force, as Marshal of the Air, Marshal of the Royal Air Force; also Air Chief Marshal, Air Marshal, Air Vice-Marshal (see air n.1 Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > officer in air force > marshal marshal1919 1919 Times 4 Aug. 12/6 His Majesty..has approved of new titles for the commissioned ranks of the Royal Air Force. These are..Marshal of the Air, Air Chief-Marshal, Air Marshal, Air Vice-Marshal...It will probably be some time before we have a Marshal of the Air, as at present there is no officer of the rank of either Air Chief-Marshal or Air Marshal. 1919 Times 7 Aug. 14/6 Air Vice-Marshal Trenchard..made the Air Force become the powerful and formidable fighting machine that it was. 1919 Times 19 Aug. 10/4 The King has been pleased to approve the promotion of Air Vice-Marshal Sir H. Trenchard, K.C.B., to Air-Marshal. 1922 Man. Seamanship (Admiralty) I. 11 Marks of Rank...R.A.F. Marshal of the Air. R.N. Admiral of the Fleet. 1943 W. S. Churchill End of Beginning 141 Most of the air-marshals, the leading men in the Air Force, think little of dive bombers. 1968 Who's Who 1331/2 (heading) Harris, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers. 1989 Aircraft Illustr. Feb. 65/4 ACM Sir David Craig has been promoted to the rank of Marshal of the RAF. < as lemmas |
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