Ground crew

Two Royal Air Force ground crew installing a camera into a Westland Lysander Mk II of No. 225 Squadron at RAF Tilshead, Wiltshire, September 1940. Both men (of leading aircraftman rank) wear parade dress, which suggests the photo was taken during an official station inspection. More typically, ground crew would wear heavy duty working dress.

In all forms of aviation, ground crew[1] (also known as ground operations in civilian aviation) are personnel that service aircraft while on the ground, during routine turn-around; as opposed to aircrew, who operate all aspects of an aircraft whilst in flight. The term ground crew is used by both civilian commercial airlines and in military aviation.

  1. ^ "Ground crew - UK English definition, along with additional meanings, example sentences, and ways to say – powered by the Oxford English Dictionary". www.Lexico.com. Lexico. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.