BITTE, EDVINS
August 11, 1897 - Born, Skultes pag.
Graduated from military college in Russia.
1916 - is transferred to the aviation division as an airborne observer/artillery spotter (22nd Corps)
February 23, 1917 - transferred to Sevastopol flight school for pilot training.
August, 1917 - graduates from flight school, flying a Farman 22 and the Morane Type G.
October 20, 1917 - graduates from advanced (fighter) flight school, flying Nieuports. Assigned to a unit in southern Russia.
After the October revolution, be briefly continues to fly for the bolsheviks.
October 27, 1917 - he and his aicraft flew over to the
white russian side. He is assigned to the 1st Don aviation group.
Promoted to the rank of HQ Captain (the rank equivalent to Major in the Latvian forces)
Saw action vs the Austro-Hungarians, Germans and bolsheviks.
1922 - returns to Latvia and joins the Aviation Division.
1923 - Feb.1924 - Commander of the Flight School's pilot section.
February 25, 1924 - fatal crash at Spilve, Riga.
Sources Latvija Aviacijas Vesture Kuldigas Vestnesis March 28, 1924.Kurzemes Vards March 1, 1924.Kurzemes Vards March 4, 1924.Kurzemes Vards March 6, 1924.
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