Oliver Colin LeBoutillier
American World War I flying ace
Died when: 88 years 353 days (1067 months)Star Sign: Gemini
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Oliver Colin LeBoutillier (24 May 1894 – 12 May 1983) was an American aviator and flying ace.Serving with the British Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force in the First World War, LeBoutillier scored 10 aerial victories, witnessed the death of Manfred von Richthofen and was a vigorous proponent of Captain Roy Brown as the victor over Richthofen.
Post war, he became a stunt pilot for movies, a skywriter, and an aviation instructor whose most famous student was Amelia Earhart.
Later, he became a civil aviation inspector.
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