By: masr - 30th September 2011 at 21:24
Don’t forget that wage inflation since WWII has cinsiderably outstripped general inflation, whether CPI or RPI
Mike
By: cotteswold - 30th September 2011 at 08:05
Didn’t count the cost!
By: Graham Adlam - 30th September 2011 at 07:21
do you remember how much a Pint cost in those days?
By: cotteswold - 29th September 2011 at 17:09
That’s the page that was posted a while back in reply to a request of mine.
While the money was not enough to set up home on,as a Pilot Officer I ran a 2 litre car, pub most nights, & London clubs & shows as required!
= Tim
By: Sky High - 29th September 2011 at 16:09
Indeed. Recalculated for inflation the Pilot Officer on £237 in say 1940 would be just over £11,000 now and the Flight Lieutenant on £648 would be just mover £31,000 now.
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