Hoosier Aviator Paul Baer: America's First Combat Ace

By Tony Garel-Frantzen

Book Overview

Indiana native Paul Baer was an American pilot of many firsts. Born into a modest midwestern family in the late 1800s, Baer grew up short and shy in Fort Wayne. Not short on ambition, he volunteered to join a new breed of combatant: the fighter pilot. Dogfighting in the skies over France during World War I, Baer earned a giant reputation as the first-ever American to shoot down an enemy plane and the first to earn the title of combat ace for earning five victories--before being shot down himself. Author Tony Garel-Frantzen celebrates the 100th anniversary of Baer's aerial heroics with rarely seen images, a previously unpublished POW letter from Baer himself and a look at the restless raptor's life of roaming.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467138495
• ISBN13: 9781467138499
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"