Military ancestor - can one tell anything from the uniform?

[dcmbarton]

Here is a picture of an ancestor obviously serving in the armed forces of some kind. He is Arthur Edward Collins, born in Cardiff on the 21/08/1902, so I'm guessing this might be WWII? We don't know anything about him, but wondered whether it was possible to tell anything from his uniform? Nothing looks very obvious!

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/dcmbarton/img372.jpg

David

[birdlip]

WW11 RAF isnt it?

[dcmbarton]

Oh dear, that means I've posted it in the wrong forum - is there any way to move it?

[Geoffers]

Moved to RAF forum for you. If it turns out to need moving again, let us know.

[dcmbarton]

Thanks

[birdlip]

I'm hoping someone else more knowledgeable than me, will be able to add to this thread! Its tricky though, I don't think he had any rank, there are no stripes on his sleeves, so theres not a lot to go on.

[v.wells]

If WW11 RAF pilot he would have stripes both sleeves and wings over his left top front pocket. My uncle was RAF pilot and I have a pic that I compared it to. Could be a military transport driver though.

[yvonne herne]

Hi Don't know if you are still searching but I can tell you that your ancestor was an AC1 or 2 - impossible to tell from the uniform but basically one started off as an AC2(Aircraftman2) and the next step up was AC1 Yvonne (ex WRAF)