Milt, The post war NCO aircrew ranking system in the RAF had the same 'star' system as the RAAF. Planning an assault on the north face of the loft this afternoon to find a book with details of the dates. However when it all ended in tears unlike the RAAF the Brits and the Kiwis retained the Master Aircrew rank instead of reverting to WO. This I was told was done to pacify 'real' WOs
Incidentally, I wonder how much the new ‘Banana Republic General’ WO rank slides cost. What exactly was wrong with the old ones?