GINTERS, EDUARDS

• May 13, 1925 - first solo flight. Rank: Lieutenant.
• 1925 - graduates from flight school
• May 7, 1926 - crashes heavily while flying as a passenger with Prieditis in LVG #27.
• February 7, 1928 - is checked out on the new Letov S.16s
• August 28, 1928- promoted to the rank of Lt.-Captain
• May 25, 1930 - participates in the Aviation Festival at Riga/Spilve.
• November 1932 - attains full combat pilot status
• May 28, 1933 - participates in the Aviation Festival at Riga/Spilve.
• August 21, 1938 - participates in the Aviation Festival at Riga/Spilve.
• January, 1938 - Commander of the 2nd Fighter Squadron.
• October 1938 - on the roster of the 2nd Fighter Squadron, flying Gloster Gladiators.
• September 1939 - on the roster of the 7th Long Range Reconnaissance Squadron, based in Krustpils.
• 1941 (Soviet Occupation) - arrested and deported to Siberia, where he died of starvation.

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