Romualdas Marcinkus was a Lithuanian pilot. Marcinkus participated in an early trans-European flight on 25 June 1934, and was the only Lithuanian pilot to serve in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. In his youth Marcinkus was a Lithuanian multifold football champion and a playing coach for the Lithuania national football team.
Gates of the Kaunas Military School. Marcinkus graduated from here in 1928
Marcinkus reporting after a flight
Marcinkus later became a parachute instructor in the Lithuanian Air Force
Crew of the trans-European flight (from left): Jurgis Savickis, Antanas Gustaitis, Jonas Liorentas, Juozas Namikas, Jonas Mikėnas, Romualdas Marcinkus, and Kazys Rimkevičius near an ANBO 41 plane.
Jurbarkas is a city in Tauragė County, in Samogitia, Lithuania. Jurbarkas is located in the historic land of Karšuva. It is on the right-hand shore of the Nemunas at its confluence with the tributaries Mituva and Imsrė. The town became an important road junction after a bridge was built over the Nemunas in 1978.
Nemunas river by Jurbarkas
Jurbarkas coats of arms in 1792
Vytautas the Great Monument