Background
Saul was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1891.
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 Number. 16 Squadron of the Army"s Royal Flying Corps. During the war he rose to command Number.
4 Squadron and after the armistice he commanded Number.
7 Squadron and then Number. 12 Squadron. In 1925 he was given command of Number.
2 Squadron. In September 1933 Saul was appointed the Officer Commanding Number.
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. During World World War II Saul was air officer commanding Number.
13 Group from 1939, air officer commanding Number. 12 Group from 1940 and then air officer commanding Air Defences Eastern Mediterranean from 1943.
Saul retired from the Royal Air Force on 29 June 1944 and then served as the Chairman of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration"s mission in the Balkans.
He next acted as the Vice-Chairman of the International Transport Commission in Rome. After Saul left Rome in 1951, he took up employment as the manager of the University of Toronto bookshop until finally retiring in 1959. Richard Saul died on 30 November 1965 after being hit by a car two days earlier.