Abstract
The collection consists of two watercolor paintings donated and autographed by Las Vegas resident O.C. “Boots” LeBoutillier. The materials were painted and signed by Robert Carlin depicting the crash of Baron Manfred Von Richthofen's (the "Red Baron") airplane on April 21, 1918. LeBoutillier is also depicted in the paintings flying above as the "Red Baron" crashes after being shot down. The paintings were created approximately between 1970 to 1979.
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The collection consists of two watercolor paintings donated and autographed by Las Vegas resident O.C. “Boots” LeBoutillier. The materials were painted and signed by Robert Carlin depicting the crash of Baron Manfred Von Richthofen's (the "Red Baron") airplane on April 21, 1918. LeBoutillier is also depicted in the paintings flying above as the "Red Baron" crashes after being shot down. The paintings were created approximately between 1970 to 1979.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials remain in original order.
Biographical / Historical Note
Oliver Colin (O.C.) “Boots” LeBoutillier was born May 24, 1894, in Montclair, New Jersey. During World War I, he served from July 1916 to April 1919 in the Royal Naval Air Service, attached to Squadrons 3, 9, and 209 on the Belgian front and the Somme. He received the British Distinguished Flying Cross. LeBoutillier served in air combat with the unit that shot down Baron Manfred von Richthofen (the “Red Baron”) on April 21, 1918. He was an eyewitness, from his own airplane above, to the Red Baron being shot down and crashing. In the 1970s, LeBoutillier settled in Las Vegas and ran a pharmaceutical distribution company. O.C. "Boots" LeBoutillier died in May 1983.
Source: Delta Mike Airfield, Inc., “Oliver Colin ‘Boots’ LeBoutillier” Biography.
Preferred Citation
O.C. "Boots" LeBoutillier Paintings, 1970s. MS-00771. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated by O.C. "Boots" LeBoutillier in 1977.
Processing Note
In 2017, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Melanie O'Keeffe revised the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.