group captain
Noun
Meaning
a commissioned officer (especially one in the Royal Air Force) equivalent in rank to a colonel in the army
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At a vital meeting on 5 June, Eisenhower's chief meteorologist ( Group Captain J.M. Stagg ) forecast a brief improvement for 6 June.
Air Commodore ) Frank Whittle, CBE *1946–1947: Group Captain (Temp.
Air Commodore) Frank Whittle, CBE *1947–1948: Group Captain (Temp.
Group Captain Ibrahim Adebayo (member); Abdul Fatai Olajide, Private Chartered Accountant and Auditor (member); Rtd.
“It’s a pleasure to stand here on this strategic rock with our strategic partners - Japan and the United States of America,” said Royal Australian Air Force Group Captain Hinton Tayloe, CN20 exercise director.
General Ripper explains to Group Captain Mandrake how he first discovered the Communist plot to pollute Americans' "precious bodily fluids."