Hoosier Aviator Paul Baer: America's First Combat Ace

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Tony Garel-Frantzen celebrates the 100th anniversary of Baer's aerial heroics with rarely seen images, a previously unpublished POW letter from Baer himself and a look at the restless raptor's life of roaming.

• | Author: Tony Garel-Frantzen
• | Publisher: History Press Library Editions
• | Publication Date: Nov 27, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 130 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Biography & Autobiography
• | ISBN-10: 154022760X
• | ISBN-13: 9781540227607