AM2 employed by ACS?

[michaeldr]

A good friend has been having a stab at interpreting an RAF record for me

and they have done really well considering the poor quality of the available copy.

I would just like to dot an i and cross a t if I may

 

The gentleman in question was a 51 year old bricklayer

who joined the RAF in August 1918 as an AM2

 

Given his age & trade, can someone confirm that 'ACS' = Airfield Construction Service or something similar?

 

And (some guess work required here) as he was not released until April 1920

is it agreed that he was likely to have been in charge of German PoW working parties employed by the ACS?

 

Thanks in advance

Michael

Edited 15 March , 2020 by michaeldr

[horatio2]

Some previous discussion here, Michael - 

Some uncertainty about the precise meaning of the acronym but the gist is clear. The RNAS pre-cursor in late 1916 was the "Royal Naval Air Service Constructional Corps" [sic in numerous records of RND ratings] with HQ at Winchester House, St James Square, London.

Edited 14 March , 2020 by horatio2

[michaeldr]

H2

 

Many thanks for finding that useful discussion

Errol seems to have have cracked it with his post No.6

quote; I've now carried out a thorough search of Flight for 1919 and found a number of references there to Air Construction Service but none to an Aircraft Construction Service, Airfield or Aerodrome Construction Service (in fact the word 'airfield' appears not a single time), or Airship Construction Station. Following up on some of the postings to Air Construction Service listed in Flight through AIR76s there is  now little doubt in my mind that my man's ACS postings refer to the Air Construction Service.

(my emphasis)

Thanks again

Michael