Group captain

An RAF group captain's sleeve/shoulder insignia

An RAF group captain's sleeve mess insignia

An RAF group captain's sleeve as it appears on the No. 1 dress

(Royal Australian Air Force)^[4]

(Bangladesh Air Force)^[5]

(Ghana Air Force)^[6]

(Indian Air Force)^[7]

(Namibian Air Force)^[8]

(Nigerian Air Force)^[9]

(Pakistan Air Force)

(Sri Lanka Air Force)^[10]

(Royal Air Force)^[11]

(Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard)^[12]

(Air Force of Zimbabwe)^[13]

Sir CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, DL, FRAeS – World War II fighter pilot and double amputee

Douglas Bader

DSO, DFC & Bar, Cross of Valor (Poland) – Australia's highest-scoring fighter ace, also the highest-scoring P-40 pilot from any air force and the highest-scoring Allied pilot in North Africa. Became one of a small group of pilots throughout history to become an "ace in a day".

Clive Robertson "Killer" Caldwell

VC – World War II bomber pilot and charity worker

Leonard Cheshire

DSO, DFC – World War II ace fighter pilot, who also evaluated various makes of fighter aircraft for the RAF, and played a key role in getting Spitfire aircraft to the defence of Malta

Walter Churchill

 – World War II fighter pilot and the youngest person to hold this rank, aged 24 years

Hugh Dundas

 – World War II fighter pilot, politician and businessman

Thomas Loel Guinness

DSO, DFC, AFC & Bar, FRAeS – Scotsman who flew in Bomber Command and became a key member of the Pathfinder Force as chief procurer of aircrew talent, often referred to as Don Bennett's "horse thief"

Hamish Mahaddie

DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar – Royal Air Force flying ace who led No. 74 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain, authored the "Ten Simple Rules for Fighter Pilots" and under whose leadership No. 74 Squadron RAF changed outmoded RAF tactics and formations, changes later adopted by all of Fighter Command. In the 1969 cinema film Battle of Britain, the character of Squadron Leader Skipper played by Robert Shaw was based on Malan

Sailor Malan

 – as a POW was Senior British Officer (SBO) at Stalag Luft III. He was portrayed in the movie The Great Escape (1963) as Group Captain Ramsey, and played by James Donald. Massey was crippled and walked with a stick, as did his character in the movie

Herbert Massey

VrC, VM Indian Air force fighter pilot reputed for making first confirmed kill in aerial dogfight during Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

Virendera Singh Pathania

DSO & Two Bars, DFC – World War II bomber pilot and captain of "F for Freddie"

Percy Charles Pickard

OBE, DFC & Bar, AFC, – Australian RAAF World War II fighter ace and later commissioned into RAF^[14]

Alan Rawlinson

 – World War II bomber pilot. Commanding Officer RAF Lindholme. Polish Air Force. Transatlantic World Record Holder. Awarded Blériot Medal 1936

Stanisław Skarżyński

 – RAF meteorologist involved in the planning of the D-Day invasion

James Stagg

Director WAAAF

Clare Stevenson

 – World War II pilot and suitor of Princess Margaret

Peter Townsend

Air force officer rank insignia

British and U.S. military ranks compared

Comparative military ranks

RAF officer ranks

Ranks of the RAAF