Richard Saul

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Richard Ernest Saul
Air Vice Marshal Richard Saul c.1940
Born	(1891-04-16)16 April 1891 Dublin, Ireland^[1]
Died	30 November 1965(1965-11-30) (aged 74)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army (1914–18) Royal Air Force (1918–44)
Years of service	1914–44
Rank	Air Vice Marshal
Commands held	Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean (1943–44) No. 12 Group (1940–42) No. 13 Group (1939–40) RAF Calshot (1936–37) No. 203 Squadron (1933–36) School of Army Co-operation (1930–33) No. 2 Squadron (1925–27) No. 12 Squadron (1919–21) No. 7 Squadron (1919) No. 4 Squadron (1917–19)
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Flying Cross Mentioned in Despatches Knight of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Croix de guerre (Belgium)
Other work	United Nations official

Air Vice Marshal Richard Ernest Saul, CB, DFC (16 April 1891 – 30 November 1965) was a pilot during the First World War and a senior Royal Air Force commander during the Second World War.

Earlier Years

Saul was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1891. At the start of the First World War he was a second lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps but by 1916 he was a Flying Officer (Observer) with No. 16 Squadron of the Army's Royal Flying Corps.^[2] During the war he rose to command No. 4 Squadron and after the armistice he commanded No. 7 Squadron and then No. 12 Squadron.^[2] In 1925 he was given command of No. 2 Squadron.^[2] A keen sportsman Saul played rugby and hockey for the RAF; in both 1928 and 1932 he was the RAF tennis champion.^[2]

In September 1933 Saul was appointed the Officer Commanding No. 203 Squadron operating out of Basra in Iraq and in 1935 Saul led a flight of flying boats, from his squadron, on a long-distance journey from Plymouth to Basra.^[2]

Second World War and beyond

During the Second World War Saul was Air Officer Commanding No. 13 Group from 1939, Air Officer Commanding No. 12 Group from 1940 and then Air Officer Commanding Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean from 1943.^[2]

Saul retired from the RAF on 29 June 1944 and then served as the Chairman of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration's mission in the Balkans.^[2] He next acted as the Vice-Chairman of the International Transport Commission in Rome.^[2] After Saul left Rome in 1951, he took up employment as the manager of the University of Toronto bookshop until finally retiring in 1959.^[2] Richard Saul died on 30 November 1965 after being hit by a car two days earlier.

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Military offices
Preceded by L Jenkins	Officer Commanding No. 4 Squadron 1917–1919	Succeeded by H B Prior
Preceded by L F Forbes	Officer Commanding No. 2 Squadron 1925–1927	Succeeded by W Sowrey
Preceded by William Welsh	Officer Commanding No. 203 Squadron 1933–1936	Succeeded by William Callaway
Preceded by Edward Rice	Officer Commanding RAF Calshot 1936–1937	Succeeded by Arthur Coningham
New title	Air Officer Commanding No. 13 (Fighter) Group 1939–1940	Succeeded by John Andrews
Preceded by Trafford Leigh-Mallory	Air Officer Commanding No. 12 (Fighter) Group 1940–1942	Succeeded by John Andrews
Preceded by Wilfred McClaughry	Air Officer Commanding Air Headquarters Egypt Became AOC Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean on 4 March 1943 1943–1944	Succeeded by Thomas Langford-Sainsbury As AOC Air Headquarters Eastern Mediterranean

Aviation in World War I

People and aircraft	Commanders Aces Aircraft of the Entente Powers Aircraft of the Central Powers Zeppelins

Campaigns and battles	Strategic bombing German Cuxhaven Bombing of cities Aerial reconnaissance Fokker Scourge Flight over Vienna Bloody April Battles

Entente Powers air services	British air services Royal Flying Corps Royal Naval Air Service Royal Air Force Australian Flying Corps Canadian Air Force (1918–20) French Air Service Imperial Russian Air Service Royal Italian Air Corps United States Army Air Service Greek air services Army Air Service Naval Air Service

Central Powers air services	Imperial German Air Service Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops Ottoman Aviation Squadrons Bulgarian Army Aeroplane Section

Royal Flying Corps

Command Structure	First Wing Fifth Wing London Air Defence Area Squadrons

Airfields	Royal Flying Corps airfields

Aircraft	List of aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps

Personnel	Royal Flying Corps generals List of British WWI aces

World War I	World War I Aviation in World War I Royal Naval Air Service Imperial German Army Air Service Anti-aircraft Warfare in WWI

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