Crowdsourcing a RAF Airmans First Name from his Signature ???? AC2 Smith 624052

Gosh I would never have seen an H……
It’s great when research pays off.

Well done

Over 12 months later and thank to “Mojmir” on RAFCommands we have an answer the first character of signature is actually.a “H”

AC2 Smith 624052 is

Henry James Charles John SMITH

Paul you could be right I had thought the A (if A) could be for Aircraftsman but could not see the C “next” the 2 would make sence

It could also be just A2 C J Smith however it gives me another option to look for thanks Paul

To me it looks like Aircraftsman 2nd Class (A2C) J Smith.

Regards…..Paul

Opps yes typo on my part 149 Sqn
Sorry

It is 149 Squadron on a recce trip to investigate the Mitteland Kanal near Minden, the MI9 reports should give all the details of the crew, I see they caught the boat train service, (must have received help?) landing back in the UK on the 26th March 1940

Hi Paul,

Is 175 Sqn a typo? Out of interest, I looked this up elsewhere and found Wellington P9225 with 149 Sqn. Looking a little lower… the post I was looking at has your name on!

I don’t suppose it matters that much for this enquiry – FWIW, my vote is also A or C, probably A

I agree with ‘A’. That looks like how I was originally taught to write a capital A, as simply a larger lower-case ‘a‘. Alternatively there does seem to be some evidence that the pen slipped on that first initial – might it be another ‘C’? Difficult to make it any other letter…

I guess “a”.