Hoosier aviator Paul Baer : America's first combat ace / Tony Garel-Frantzen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garel-Frantzen, Tony, 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918.

Baer, Paul.

Indiana--History--World War, 1914-1918.

Indiana.

Fort Wayne (Ind.)--History.

Fort Wayne (Ind.).

Indiana--Fort Wayne.

United States.

World War (1914-1918).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, 2017.

Summary:

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Tony Garel-Frantzen celebrates the 100th anniversary of Baer's aerial heroics with rarely seen images, a previously unpublished POW letter from Baer himself and a look at the restless raptor's life of roaming.

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1. An apprentice hunter. Baer's beginnings; Fledgling birdman; "I speared another Hun"; Shot down!; A caged birdman

Part 2. The restless rapton. Hesitant hero; Another war; D'Artagnan of the air; Life after war; Falen birdman in Shanghai

Postscript

In their honor.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439663776

1439663777