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Capt. "Boots" LeBoutillier Witnessed Death of Red Baron

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Capt. "Boots" LeBoutillier Witnessed Death of Red Baron

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Capt. "Boots" LeBoutillier Witnessed Death of Red Baron and Taught Amelia Earhart to Fly

8" x 10" black and white photograph of World War I American aviator Captain Oliver Colin LeBoutillier (1894-1983) personally inscribed and signed by him as "To Alexander F. Nahas. Best regards / Capt. O.C. 'Boots' / LeBoutillier / 209 Squadron / R.A.F." along top. Printed on Kodak glossy paper, and annotated verso. Minor discoloration found along edges, else near fine.

The photo depicts Captain LeBoutillier in military uniform posing near his striped biplane. LeBoutillier was one of only a few pilots who witnessed the death of the Red Baron when the German flying ace crashed his eponymous scarlet-colored plane over the Bray-Corbie Road in the Somme Valley, France on April 21, 1918.

Oliver Colin "Boots" LeBoutillier enlisted in the British armed forces in 1916 eight months before the United States officially declared war against Germany. He became an officer in the newly minted Royal Air Force, soon becoming a flight leader of 209 Squadron. "Boots" eventually logged in over 600 wartime flying hours, and achieved ten aerial victories (compared to the Red Baron's 80!)

Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918), popularly known as the "Red Baron," had terrorized Allied fighter pilots with his flying skills and deadly accuracy. Today, most maintain that Australian ground fire, and not a fellow pilot, was responsible for the fatal strafing that resulted in the Red Baron's crash. Yet the identity of who delivered the fatal shot remains in question.

After the war, "Boots" served as a stunt pilot and flight instructor; his most famous pupil was record-breaking female aviator Amelia Earhart.

Alexander F. Nahas (1920-2016) was born in Marseilles to a missionary family. He later lived in Danbury, Connecticut and became a merchant marine and government bureaucrat.

An essential memento for any serious World War I collector!

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