Jurgis Dobkevičius (23 March 1900 – 8 June 1926) was a pioneering aviator and aircraft designer in interwar Lithuania.

After about 400 flight hours, he retired from active military service in 1923 in order to study at L'Ecole Superieure d'Aeronautique in Paris.

[1] During World War I, Jonas Dobkevičius was the director of a French company producing cars and airplanes in Russia.

He was mobilized into the Russian Army and sent to the Baku Naval Aviation Officer School [ru] where he gained first flying experience with seaplanes.

[7] For flying a mission to bomb Polish positions near Suwałki and Augustów and returning with six bullet holes in his craft on 3 September, Dobkevičius was recommended for a promotion and was awarded the Order of the Cross of Vytis (1st class).

[5] He was severely injured in April 1921 when flying Halberstadt CL.IV and spent a month recuperating in a military hospital.

[7] He was promoted to senior lieutenant in April 1923 and awarded Order of the Cross of Vytis (2nd class) in July 1923.

[7] He retired from active military service in November 1923 in order to study at L'Ecole Superieure d'Aeronautique in Paris from which he graduated in July 1925.

[3] Dobkevičius built Dobi-II with the government funding at the newly established aviation workshop in Freda.

Before returning to France where he was offered a job at Bréguet Aviation,[8] Dobkevičius flew Dobi-III for the second time.

[5] Due to winds, Dobi-III crashed into oak trees near the Aleksotas Airport killing Dobkevičius.

[11] When Lithuania regained independence in 1990, a street in Aleksotas was named in his honor and a memorial stone was unveiled at the crash site.