Sentence examples for serving as a flight from inspiring English sources

He was also a veteran of World War II, serving as a Flight Surgeon in the Army Air Forces in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre.

He was serving as a flight instructor and safety officer at the time (1963) he was selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASAA) for the manned space program.

He flew Bristol Beaufighters with No. 22 Squadron RAAF and, by 1944, was serving as a Flight Lieutenant in the South West Pacific theatre.

He was now the head of mission operations, in charge of a team of flight directors, although still also serving as a flight director himself.

On 8 June 1944, Lamason was serving as a flight commander in a Lancaster LM575 LS-H of No. 15 Squadron RAF, on his 45th operation, when he was shot down during a raid on railway marshalling yards near Paris.

After the Apollo 1 fire in 1967, Kraft had reluctantly concluded that his responsibilities as a manager would keep him from serving as a flight director on the next manned mission, Apollo 7, and on missions thereafter.

He served as a Flight Surgeon from 1941-1946 and was a highly decorated Lt. Colonel.

Before the war ended, Wellman joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and served as a flight instructor in San Diego.

During World War II, Harrison served as a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force.

After graduating from Cornell University, Grumman joined the U.S. Navy and served as a flight instructor and later as a test pilot.

He served as a flight surgeon in the US Navy and as an usher at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue for many years.