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(UK) A member of the Royal Air Force with no specific technical skill..
1937, S. Scanes in A. W. Lawrence (ed.), T. E. Lawrence by His Friends, London: Jonathan Cape, p. 418, His first duties as an aircrafthand were connected with the food, the preparation of it, cutting bread, etc.
But I wasn’t accepted for flying duty—eyesight failed me. Neither was Frank, which, I’m ashamed to say, I found a relief. We were both channelled as aircrafthands […]
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Aircrafthand means (UK) A member of the Royal Air Force with no specific technical skill..
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1937, S. Scanes in A. W. Lawrence (ed.), T. E. Lawrence by His Friends, London: Jonathan Cape, p. 418, His first duties as an aircrafthand were connected with the food, the preparation of it, cutting bread, etc.
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