(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Aldo Saul
Born: 16 Dec 1896 in Neu-Breisach, Alsace (Elsa�)
Died: 06 Jan 1961 in S�derm�nd
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Dec 1914); F�hnrich (22 May 1915); Leutnant (16 Jul 1915); Charakter als Oberleutnant (21 Jun 1920); Polizei-Leutnant (01 Apr 1920); Polizei-Oberleutnant (18 Jan 1922); Polizei-Hauptmann (29 Apr 1927); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1936); Major (20 Apr 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1938); Oberst (01 Jun 1940); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker in the Replacement-Battalion of the 11th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (09 Aug 1914-12 Oct 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 15th Reserve-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (13 Oct 1914-19 Feb 1915)
Fahnenjunker and Battery-Officer in the 11th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (20 Feb 1915-00 May 1917)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 13 (00 May 1917-00 Jul 1917)
Flying-Training with the 11th Flying-Replacement-Battalion, Breslau (00 Jul 1917-00 Sep 1917)
Training at the Flying-Radio-Operator-School Stolp (00 Sep 1917-00 Oct 1917)
Training at the Flying-Observer-School Cologne (00 Oct 1917-00 Dec 1917)
Training at the Flying-Marksman-School Asch, Belgium (00 Dec 1917-00 Jan 1918)
With the Flying-Bomber-Course Frankfurt, Oder (00 Jan 1918-18 Feb 1918)
In Hospital in Frankfurt, Oder (18 Feb 1918-31 Jul 1918)
Pilot in Bomber-Wing 7 of the Supreme Army Command, Squadron 22 (01 Aug 1918-31 Jan 1919)
Battery-Officer in the 11th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1919-24 Mar 1919)
With the 33rd Division-Radio-Operator-Battalion (25 Mar 1919-20 Feb 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the 11th Foot-Artillery-Regiment and Granted Leave (21 Feb 1920-31 Mar 1920)
Transferred into the Police as a Technical-Signals-Officer (01 Apr 1920-20 Mar 1936)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as Administrator for Communication-Affairs (I/NVW) with Air-District-Command IV, M�nster (21 Mar 1936-30 Sep 1937)
Air-Signals-Officer with the Staff of the Instruction-Formation Greifswald (01 Oct 1937-19 Oct 1937)
Commander of the 88th Air-Signals-Battalion with Legion Condor in Spain (20 Oct 1937-30 Jun 1938)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command VIII and Commander of the 8th Air-Region-Signals-Battalion (01 Jul 1938-31 Jul 1939)
Signals-Leader with Special-Purpose-Air-Region-Staff 17 and Commander of the 8th Air-Region-Signals-Battalion (01 Aug 1939-04 Oct 1939)
Signals-Leader with the II. Flak-Corps and Commander of the 102nd Air-Signals-Regiment (05 Oct 1939-20 Aug 1940)
Commander of Air-Signals-School 2 and Air-Base-Commandant K�nigsgr�tz (21 Aug 1940-31 Oct 1941)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command I, K�nigsberg (01 Nov 1941-20 Jan 1945)
Higher Signals Leader with Luftwaffe-Command East Prussia (21 Jan 1945-21 Feb 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (22 Feb 1945-19 Apr 1945)
In US Captivity (19 Apr 1945-08 May 1947)
Released (08 May 1947)

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