Originally Posted by
CISAtSea
His WO rank was probably temporary wartime rank, a concept not understood by my colleagues - all unread, callow youth of the 1970s. I believe some were also permitted to remain in the shrinking Service after the war if they took lower rank.
Absolutely! On joining my first sqn as a JEngO straight out of Cranwell in 1971 the sqn WO had been a WO in 1945, went back to SAC and had worked his way back up to WO by the late 60s. Outstanding guy from whom I learnt an awful lot as JEngOs should!