Feliksas Vaitkus

Feliksas Vaitkus
Born(1907-06-20)June 20, 1907
DiedJuly 25, 1956(1956-07-25) (aged 49)
NationalityLithuanian American
EducationUniversity of Chicago
SpouseMarta Brotz
AwardsOrder of Vytautas the Great, III class (1935)
Aviation career
Air force United States Army Air Corps
United States Army Air Forces
United States Air Force
BattlesWorld War II
Korean War
RankLieutenant colonel

Feliksas Vaitkus (1907–1956), also known as Felix Waitkus, was an American-born Lithuanian pilot and the sixth pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic.