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.

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