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Flight Lieutenant Henry Botterell (deceased)
First World War fighter pilot with the Royal Flying Corps. Born in 1896, Henry Botterell joined the Royal Naval Air Service in Canada, and in 1916 sailed for England where he trained as a pilot to fly fighters. In 1917 he was posted to France, joining an operational squadron on the Western Front, butan engine failure on his second take off brought his flying to an abrupt conclusion, forcing him to spend several months in hospital and convalescing back in England, where he was demobilised. After a chance meeting with pilots on leave in England with whom he had trained, Henry applied to rejoin the service and was accepted. Re-qualifying as a fighter pilot, in early 1918 he returned to operational combat flying in France with 208 Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Flying Sopwith Camels he saw active service with 209 Squadron for the remainder of the war until the Armistice in November. Staying in France as part of the continuing Force he eventually returned to Canada in 1919 - bringing back with him a fence post which the wing of his Camel had collected on one of his many low level sorties. The post now resides in the War Museum in Ottawa. Henry died in 2003.
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Items Signed by Flight Lieutenant Henry Botterell (deceased) |
  | The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. Price : £210.00 | On the morning of 30th November 1917, Lieutenant Andrew McKeever, a Canadian serving with 11 Squadron RFC, together with his observer/gunner Lieutenant Leslie Powell, climbed into their Bristol F2b Fighter and took off alone; their task to fly a sol...... | |
| | The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. (AP) SOLD OUT | On the morning of 30th November 1917, Lieutenant Andrew McKeever, a Canadian serving with 11 Squadron RFC, together with his observer/gunner Lieutenant Leslie Powell, climbed into their Bristol F2b Fighter and took off alone; their task to fly a sol...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | On the morning of 30th November 1917, Lieutenant Andrew McKeever, a Canadian serving with 11 Squadron RFC, together with his observer/gunner Lieutenant Leslie Powell, climbed into their Bristol F2b Fighter and took off alone; their task to fly a sol...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Balloon Buster by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | Flying a Sopwith Camel with RFC Squadron 208, Flight Lieutenant Henry Botterell brings down a German observation balloon near Arras, northern France, August 29, 1918. Botterell acknowledges the observer with a chivalrous salute before departing the ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Flight Lieutenant Henry Botterell (deceased) |
   | Pack of 4 World War One aviation prints by Ivan Berryman and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £340.00 Saving : £265 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. A Hand of Aces by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Captain Ivan Smirnov by Ivan Berryman. Leutnant Hans von Keudell by Ivan Berryman. | |
   | Pack of SIX first world war aviation prints by Robert Taylor, Nicolas Trudgian and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £420.00 Saving : £490 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. Knights of the Sky by Nicolas Trudgian Sergeant John H Jones and pilot Captain W G Mostyn, Bristol F2b Fighter claiming a Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft LVG by Ivan Berryman. Major Edward Mannock by Ivan Berryman. Captain Ivan Smirnov by Ivan Berryman. Leutnant Hans von Keudell by Ivan Berryman. | |
| | Pack of two WW1 Aviation prints by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £245.00 Saving : £125 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. A Hand of Aces by Ivan Berryman. | |
| | Pack of two WW1 Aviation prints by Nicolas Trudgian and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £230 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. Knights of the Sky by Nicolas Trudgian | |
| | Pack of two artist proofs of WW1 Aviation by artists Ivan Berryman and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £115 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. A Hand of Aces by Ivan Berryman. (AP) |
| | Pack of two artist proof edition WW1 aviation prints by Nicolas Trudgian and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £340.00 Saving : £340 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. Knights of the Sky by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) | |
 | WW1 British Aviation Art Prints by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £290.00 Saving : £120 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. Albert Ball by Ivan Berryman. | |
 | WW1 F2B and SE5A Aircraft Prints by Ivan Berryman and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £100 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. James McCudden by Ivan Berryman. | |
 | WW1 Aviation Art Prints by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £100 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. Lieutenant-Colonel Raymond Collishaw by Ivan Berryman. | |
 | Bristol F2B Aircraft Art Prints by Ivan Berryman and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £100 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. Deadly Partnership - Captain W E Staton and Lieutenant John R Gordon, Bristol F.2b by Ivan Berryman. |
 | First World War Aviation Art by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £100 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. Captain William Billy Bishop by Ivan Berryman. | |
 | WW1 F2B and DH4 Aircraft Art Prints by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £255.00 Saving : £90 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. Captain Euan Dickson and AGL V Robinson, DH.4 by Ivan Berryman. | |
 | WW1 Aviation Art Prints by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £235.00 Saving : £125 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. Donald MacLaren by Ivan Berryman. | |
| | WW1 Air Combat Prints by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £235.00 Saving : £95 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. Major Edward Mannock by Ivan Berryman. |
| Squadrons for : Flight Lieutenant Henry Botterell (deceased) | ||
| A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Flight Lieutenant Henry Botterell (deceased). A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
| Squadron | Info | |
Country : UK Founded : 1st April 1918 Vigilant | No.208 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. | |
Country : UK Founded : 1st April 1918 Fate : Disbanded 31st December 1968 City of Hong Kong Might and main | No.209 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. | |
| Aircraft for : Flight Lieutenant Henry Botterell (deceased) | |||
| A list of all aircraft associated with Flight Lieutenant Henry Botterell (deceased). A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | |||
| Squadron | Info | ||
Manufacturer : Sopwith Production Began : 1916 Number Built : 5714 | Camel SOPWITH CAMEL: was the most successful fighter of World War one. Claiming almost 3,000 air victories. The prototype of the Sopwith camel first flew in December 1916, and its first combat mission began in June 1917. joined 4 squadron RNAS based near Dunkirk. The first Royal Flying Corp squadron to receive the aircraft was no. 70 squadron. The Sopwith camel was the first designed fighter to have two forward firing machine guns. Its design gave it amazing maneuverability and aerobatic qualities. and was perfectly suited for aerial dog fighting. Squadron after squadron was re equipped with the camel and by the end of February 1918 13 squadrons were fully operational with the aircraft along the western front. Also used on the Italian Front with 3 squadrons equipped. This figure increased with a total of 19 squadrons equipped on the western front by August 1918. This included two squadrons no. 151 and 152 for night fighter duties. in June 1918. There was also a naval version of the Sopwith camel. the 2F.1s which gradually replaced the Sopwith Pup and other naval aircraft. The Naval version most memorable fete was done by Lt S D Culley who took off from a towed wood platform and destroyed the Zeppelin L.53 on the 10th August 1918. also on the 18th July six aircraft took off from the forward deck of HMS Furious to bomb the Zeppelin base at Tondern which they successfully did destroying two Zeppelins L.54 and L.60. This was the first time carrier borne aircraft had destroyed a land base installation. In total 5597 F.1s and 317 2F.1s were ordered but there may have been 200 less built. Performance. speed: 113mph at 10,000 feet. service ceiling 19,000 feet. Armament: two fixed forward firing Vickers .303 machine Guns. or one .303 forward firing and one .303 Lewis Gun | ||
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