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Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC (deceased) - Art prints and originals signed by Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC (deceased)

Bertie Boulter

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The signature of Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC (deceased)

4 / 2010Died : 4 / 2010

Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC (deceased)

Joining the RAF in July 1941, Bertie completed pilot training in the USA before returning to the UK in 1942, joining Coastal Command flying Ansons and Blackburn Bothas, and instructing on the use of radar. Converting to Blenheims he joined 1655 Squadron at Warboys, and began training on Mosquitos. In early 1944 he was selected for the Pathfinders, joining 128 Squadron flying Mosquitos from Wyton, then becoming part of the Light Night Strike Force with 163 Squadron, completing almost 50 operations. In his book, Mosquito to Berlin, Bertie recalls how they copied the other aircrew as they walked round their planes before the flights. 'We pulled and pushed a few things, kicked the tyres, nodded to each other and clambered aboard.' So with less than 30 hours of solo night flying they roared off down the runway, went to Wiesbaden, dropped their load and returned. 'It must have gone totally to plan because I remember so little of it,' he says. 'We were shot at and I remember a shell burst very close. I went into a hard dive to port before recovering height and heading.' Mission followed mission, with Bertie now a fully-fledged member of the squadron, until one flight over Nuremberg when they were on a diversionary raid designed to fool the Luftwaffe as to the evening's main targets and were carrying huge amounts of aluminium strip to confuse the German radar. They also had a 4,000lb bomb to deliver but things started to go wrong on the return trip to Wyton. The starboard engine was running too hot, so he shut that down and continued on the other engine. Then that began to overheat, so he shut it down and restarted the starboard engine which, by then, had cooled. For around 400 miles after leaving Nuremberg they tried flying on alternate engines and made it as far as Dunkirk, by which time both were heating up too quickly and Bertie and Jim agreed it was time to bail out. Unfortunately, as he was leaving the plane, Jim accidentally pulled the D-ring which activated the parachute, leaving him jammed in the hatch. Bertie delivered a sharp kick on his navigator's shoulder and he promptly popped out of the blazing plane. Bertie followed and a short time later landed with a squelch in a French field. He wasn't certain on which side of the frontline he had landed and thought he heard foreign voices. Eventually he found a farmhouse where the farmer told him the location of the nearest British troops. By the time he had found an old mill where they were stationed it was first light. Bertie wandered in to find them making their first brew of the day and was soon sitting by a fire with a steaming mug of tea. His navigator had been taken in by a Czech sentry and treated to superb hospitality, so that when Bertie caught up with him he was slightly the worse for wear. Bertie had to again bail out of his Mosquito a second time after a mission to Berlin. They found themselves at 25,000ft in a jet stream and overshot Berlin, their intended target. They returned and dropped their bomb but on returning to England the weather had closed in and they were running short of fuel. They made two attempts to land at Wyton, never saw the runway and by this time their fuel tanks were virtually empty. One plane had already crashed because of this. Then the voice of their commanding officer barked over the airways 'This is not a request, this is an order. Climb to a safe height and bail out. Acknowledge.' Bertie and his navigator promptly did so and landed in a muddy field somewhere in Cambridgeshire. In early 1945 he was posted to Canada to ferry back Mosquitos but the war ended. Sadly Flt Lt Bertie Boulter died in April 2010 aged 86.

Items Signed by Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC (deceased)

 An Avro Anson Mk.I from Coastal Command is attacked by an Me109. ......
Coastal Command - Avro Anson Mk.I by Ivan Berryman.
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An Avro Anson Mk.I from Coastal Command is attacked by an Me109. ......

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Coastal Command - Avro Anson Mk.I by Ivan Berryman. (AP)
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Coastal Command - Avro Anson Mk.I by Ivan Berryman. (B)
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 Flew the Anson, Botha and Blenheim before joining No.128 Pathfinder Sqn on the Mosquito.  Completing almost 50 missions with the Light Night Strike Force, he was forced to bail out twice from his Mosquito after missions to Berlin and Nuremberg.  Awa......
Clipped Signature - Bertie Boulter.
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Flew the Anson, Botha and Blenheim before joining No.128 Pathfinder Sqn on the Mosquito. Completing almost 50 missions with the Light Night Strike Force, he was forced to bail out twice from his Mosquito after missions to Berlin and Nuremberg. Awa......

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Of the many famous combat aircraft to serve their respective countries in the Second World War, two perhaps more than any others, created huge impact and consternation upon seasoned opposing pilots when they first appeared on the battlefront - the Su......
Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.
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Of the many famous combat aircraft to serve their respective countries in the Second World War, two perhaps more than any others, created huge impact and consternation upon seasoned opposing pilots when they first appeared on the battlefront - the Su......

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 Of the many famous combat aircraft to serve their respective countries in the Second World War, two perhaps more than any others, created huge impact and consternation upon seasoned opposing pilots when they first appeared on the battlefront - the S......
Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP)
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Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
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Of the many famous combat aircraft to serve their respective countries in the Second World War, two perhaps more than any others, created huge impact and consternation upon seasoned opposing pilots when they first appeared on the battlefront - the S......

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 Of the many famous combat aircraft to serve their respective countries in the Second World War, two perhaps more than any others, created huge impact and consternation upon seasoned opposing pilots when they first appeared on the battlefront - the S......
Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. (C)
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Of the many famous combat aircraft to serve their respective countries in the Second World War, two perhaps more than any others, created huge impact and consternation upon seasoned opposing pilots when they first appeared on the battlefront - the S......

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 Of the many famous combat aircraft to serve their respective countries in the Second World War, two perhaps more than any others, created huge impact and consternation upon seasoned opposing pilots when they first appeared on the battlefront - the S......
Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. (XX)
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Of the many famous combat aircraft to serve their respective countries in the Second World War, two perhaps more than any others, created huge impact and consternation upon seasoned opposing pilots when they first appeared on the battlefront - the S......

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Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y)
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It is June 1944 and, as dawn begins to break over East Anglia, Mosquito B Mk XVI bombers of the Light Night Striking Force return from a raid over Berlin. The sun is just beginning to rise and the peaceful tranquility is shattered as these majestic a......
Home Run by Gerald Coulson (B)
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It is June 1944 and, as dawn begins to break over East Anglia, Mosquito B Mk XVI bombers of the Light Night Striking Force return from a raid over Berlin. The sun is just beginning to rise and the peaceful tranquility is shattered as these majestic a......NOT
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Up to 1942 Bomber Command operations were beset by many problems. The means they had to accurately pinpoint the target and assault it were totally lacking, in fact their Commander in Chief, Air Marshall Arthur Harris later wrote : It was glaringly ob......
Winter Ops by Gerald Coulson (B)
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Up to 1942 Bomber Command operations were beset by many problems. The means they had to accurately pinpoint the target and assault it were totally lacking, in fact their Commander in Chief, Air Marshall Arthur Harris later wrote : It was glaringly ob......

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Trudgian RAF Fighter Print Pack.
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Their Finest Hour by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.
Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian.
Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman.

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Their Finest Hour by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.
Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian.
Head to Head by Nicolas Trudgian
Combat Over Beachy Head by Nicolas Trudgian.
Normandy Fighter Sweep by Nicolas Trudgian.
Victory Over Gold by Nicolas Trudgian.
Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman.

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Nicolas Trudgian Combat Over Europe Aviation Prints Pack.
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Twilight Conquest by Nicolas Trudgian.
Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian
Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.
End Game by Nicolas Trudgian.
Dinah Might by Ivan Berryman. (C)

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Nicolas Trudgian World War Two Art Prints.
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Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.
End Game by Nicolas Trudgian.
Messerschmitt Me262B-1a/U1 by Ivan Berryman.

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Special Sale Pack of 5 Prints - 4 FREE!
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Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.
The Struggle for Malta by Ivan Berryman. (F)
LCT 312 by Ivan Berryman. (D)
Typhoons Over Normandy by Ivan Berryman. (D)
Dinah Might by Ivan Berryman.

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Luftwaffe and RAF Prints by Nicolas Trudgian.
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Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.
Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian.

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Avro Anson WW2 Aircraft Prints by Ivan Berryman.
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Avro Anson by Ivan Berryman.
Coastal Command - Avro Anson Mk.I by Ivan Berryman.

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Spitfire Aircraft Prints.
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Canadian Wing by Robert Taylor
Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.

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Avro Anson Aircraft Art Prints by Ivan Berryman and Tim Fisher.
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Coastal Command - Avro Anson Mk.I by Ivan Berryman.
Improbable Victory by Tim Fisher.

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Nicolas Trudgian Spitfire Print Pack.
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Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.
Fighter Legend - Johnnie Johnson by Nicolas Trudgian.

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