Artur Paul

Artur Paul (born April 11, 1899 in Alt Grabia ; † December 9, 1968 in Vaterstetten ) was a German general engineer and chief engineer of the Air Force , and after the end of the war an Air Force officer in the Bundeswehr , most recently with the rank of Brigadier General .

Life

Paul took part in the First World War as a war volunteer and retired from active service on May 6, 1919. He then worked as a foreman at various air sports organizations, from around January 1, 1934 to January 31, 1939 as technical manager at the Lechfeld Aviation Group , where he joined the Air Force on June 1, 1936 and became an aviator staff engineer (comparable a major ) and was assigned to the 3rd Squadron of Jagdgeschwader 334 from August 17 to October 16, 1937. From February 1 to April 15, he was responsible for the flight equipment of the covertly operating Condor Legion , then first division or later corps engineer of the 5th Flieger Division , then the 5th Fliegerkorps , where he most recently held the rank of Flieger- Oberstabsingenieurs ( lieutenant colonel ) served.

This was followed by employment as a Luftgau engineer at the Luftgau Kommando West France in Étampes from October 1940 to the end of April 1942, then several assignments as a chief engineer, first with the Luftwaffenkommando Ost, later with the rank of Colonel Engineer with Luftflotte 6 , and from March 1944 with the Luftflotte Reich , where he was promoted to general engineer on April 1, 1944 and awarded the Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords on July 15, 1944 . On September 1, 1944, he became Chief Engineer of the Air Force in the Air Force High Command .

After the Second World War

He was taken prisoner of war on May 9, 1945, but was released that same year. After joining the newly established Bundeswehr, he worked as a stage manager for supplies, technology and equipment for the General Air Force Office, then from April 1, 1958 to March 31, 1960, then head of the Air Force Materials Office . Paul was retired on March 31, 1963. On February 22nd of the same year he was awarded the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ General engineer Artur Paul ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

predecessor	Office	successor
Victor von Lossberg	Head of the Air Force Materials Office 1958–1960	Karl Wolfien