When granted Wings a pilot was either a sergeant or pilot officer. Pay in 1944/45 as a Sergeant was 13/6 per day. After a year came promotion to flight Sergeant at 15/0 per day. After another year promotion to warrant officer at 17/6 per day. Riches indeed! At about late forties were the awful stars badges but I do not remember the pay scales. When I left the RAF in 1947 I was a warrant officer. I was a pilot three - three stars - in the RAFVR, and a sergeant again when I rejoined in 1951. Commissioned as pilot officer in 1953. Cannot remember pay scales, but enough. Then pay was almost doubled in ( I think)
1955 when we, nearly all, bought new cars! Pay very good, especially with marriage allowance, mileage to work allowance, and best of all local overseas allowance. Pay almost doubled when posted to Changi in 1958, but when every six weeks to Gan for SAR, we lost our overseas allowance! Hope this helps.