| 单词 | marshal of the royal air force |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMarshal of the Royal Air Force 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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