Master Pilot was right. Paid at least half as much again as a new P/O
A corporal got more than a Pilot Officer aircrew. When I was a P/O. my net salary was £45/month, a corporal was on £11/week. On overseas detachments my Local Overseas Allowance in Malaya was 1/8 per day against 1/9 for a Senior Aircraftsman.
The only comfort I had was that the rest of my crew, all married, lost their Ration Allowance when overseas and the LOA didn't make up for it.