Robert Cecil Dawkins was a senior office in the Royal Air Force with a rank immediately below what other rank?
Group captain Group Captain, is a senior commissioned rank in many air forces. Group Captain has a NATO rank code of OF-5, meaning that it ranks above Wing commander, immediately below Air Commodore and is the equivalent of the naval rank of Captain and the rank of Colonel in other services.
Other ranks (UK) Other ranks (ORs) in the British Army, Royal Marines, Royal Air Force and in the armies and air forces of many other Commonwealth countries are those personnel who are not commissioned officers, usually including non-commissioned officers (NCOs). In the Royal Navy, these personnel are called "ratings". Non-commissioned member is the equivalent term for the Canadian Armed Forces. Colloquially, members of the other ranks are known as "rankers".