Boutte, Lester H., 1920-1995
Person
Biography
Lester H. Boutte of Abbeville, Louisiana, was a radioman and member of the floatplane crews that rescued Rickenbacker and two others lost at sea for three weeks in the pacific in 1942.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Lester Boutte Papers
Collection
Identifier: 0526
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, photographs and photocopies of printed material related to Captain Lester Boutte's rescue of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker in 1942. It also includes information from the 1985 Ames, Iowa reunion of Boutte and some of the men that he rescued.
Dates:
1942; 1985
W. David Lewis Papers
Collection
Identifier: 0529
Scope and Contents
This collection is made up of materials created and collected by Dr. W. David Lewis. Much of the contents relate to Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker, the subject of Lewis' book Eddie Rickenbacker: An American Hero in the Twentieth Century (2005). Other materials include personal and professional correspondence, materials from teaching classes, and research materials on topics inlcuding the history of aviation, the history of technology, and World War...
Dates:
1910 - 2009
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