GROUP PHOTOS

These are images of groups who are associated with latvian aviation. The object is to identify the individuals and the event and any other facts associated with the group. If someone can help with this, please send me an email at Gunars Thank you!

G021 Photo Number G021

On Back: blank
Other Information: A group of aviators resting.
[G.D.Zulis Collection]


G022 Photo Number G022

On Back: back
Other Information: A dozen members of the Aviation Regiment, though at least some of them are obviously not active aviators. Signatures on back of photo are mostly indecipherable.
[G.D.Zulis Collection]


G023 Photo Number G023

On Back: blank
Other Information: Eleven members of the Aviation Regiment. I believe the flier in the front row on the left is Fricis Launics.
[G.D.Zulis Collection]


G024 Photo Number G024

On Back: blank
Other Information: This photo was taken at the Air Force Academy. The aviator on the right is Janis Rucels, which dates the photo as being circa 1926.
[E.Rucels Collection]


G025 Photo Number G025

On Back: back
Other Information: As noted on the back of the photo, the aviators pictured are:
1. A. Minuks
2. E. Karklins
3. E. Strauja
4. K.Kalacis
5. J.Bilmanis
6. S.Meijers
7. A.Lidaks
They are all either current or former naval aviators, and the photo appears to have been taken in Liepaja.
[V.Skirmants Collection]


G026 Photo Number G026

On Back: blank
Other Information: This photo was within a collection of aviation-related photos, suggesting that the persons pictured have a connection to aviation.
[V.Skirmants Collection]


G027 Photo Number G027

On Back: back
Other Information: A group of Naval Aviation personnel (presumably ground support). The caption appears to read as Sept.13, 1921, but as the Naval Aviation unit was only formed in Dec.1922, the date must be Sept.13, 1926.
[V.Skirmants Collection]


G028 Photo Number G028

On Back: back
Other Information: An honor guard being formed in 1927.
[V.Skirmants Collection]


G029 Photo Number G029

On Back: back
Other Information: The man in the middle is Edgars Baumanis. He completed flight school in 1940, so this photo dates from around that time.
[V.Skirmants Collection]


G030 Photo Number G030

On Back: back
Other Information: This photo was taken on August 26, 1927, on the occasion of the Naval Aviation unit's anniversary, in Liepaja.




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