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Flight Lieutenant (aka Flight Captain and He's My Old Man) is a 1942 American drama war film starring Pat O'Brien as Sam Doyle, a disgraced commercial pilot who works to regain the respect of his son against the backdrop of World War II.
American Airlines Flight 28 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight that crashed on October 23, 1942, in Chino Canyon near Palm Springs, California, United States, after being struck by a United States Army Air Forces B-34 bomber. The B-34 suffered only minor damage, and landed safely at the Army Airport of the Sixth Ferrying Command, Palm ...
Bill Newton Newton, c. 1942 Nickname(s) "The Firebug"; "Blue Cap" Born (1919-06-08) 8 June 1919 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia Died 29 March 1943 (1943-03-29) (aged 23) Salamaua, Territory of New Guinea Allegiance Australia Service / branch Citizen Military Force (1938–40) Royal Australian Air Force (1940–43) Years of service 1938–43 Rank Flight lieutenant Unit No. 22 Squadron (1942–43 ...
The title flight officer was a military rank used by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, and also an air force rank in several Commonwealth countries, where it was used for female officers and was equivalent to the rank of flight lieutenant. The term flight officer is sometimes used today to describe job title positions as ...
On 22 January 1942, Offenberg, now with the rank of flight lieutenant, was conducting a flying training session at about 1,000 feet (300 m) with a pilot who had only recently joined the squadron. A pilot from No. 92 Squadron , seeking to simulate a dogfight , dived on Offenberg's Spitfire but misjudged the distance.
Flight lieutenant is the most common officer rank in the RAF; in April 2013, for example, there were 8,230 RAF officers, of whom 3,890 (47.3%) were flight lieutenants. [8] In RAF informal usage, a flight lieutenant is sometimes referred to as a "flight lieuy". A Flight Lieutenant's starting salary is £42,008.48 as of 2019. [9]
It was midmorning on Sept. 8 when the crew of a B-25 bomber, 3 men in the Army Air Corp and 1 civilian, reported for their flight to Mitchell Air Base Veterans column: Infamous flight leaves ...
By the summer of 1942 he was an acting flight lieutenant, and was awarded the British Distinguished Flying Cross on August 14, 1942. The citation read: Acting Flight Lieutenant Donald James Mathew BLAKESLEE (Can.J/4551) Royal Canadian Air Force No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron. This officer has completed a large number of sorties over enemy territory.