aircrafthand

plural aircrafthands

1. UKA 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.

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   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 […]

   2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 9, in Small Island, London: Review, page 345