Dunky - I'm pretty sure that post WW2 no-one ever went to bed as a sergeant and woke up with a commission unless they had spent the previous few months at Henlow, Feltwell or wherever. There were quite a few NCO/Master Aircrew on my OCTU course at Feltwell in 1964 all of whom had to work for their commissions like the rest of us, although I have to admit they did better, on average, than those who had come in straight from civilian life. During training they wore no badges of rank and were classified as officer cadets (aircraftman equivalent), although they continued to be paid at the rate of their former rank.
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