Capt.
Oliver Colin "Boots" Le Boutillier, RNAS / RAF
Victories: 7.2 (10)
Units: 9 Naval Sq.
(RNAS) 209 (RAF)
Born: 24 May 1894
Died: 12 May 1983 Las Vegas, Nevada
Notes
Le Boutillier
participated in the dogfight in which Manfred von Richthofen was
killed. When the war ended, he returned to the United States
where he became a skywriter and gave Amelia Earhart her first
lesson on twin engined aircraft. As a Hollywood stunt pilot, Le
Boutillier appeared in eighteen movies including "Hell's
Angels." In all, he had 19,000 hours of flight time when his
flying career finally ended.
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American Aces of WWI