First American Ace LbNA #70106
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle    |
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| Plant date: | May 30, 2016 |
| Location: | Lindenwood Cemetery |
| City: | Fort Wayne |
| County: | Allen |
| State: | Indiana |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | di & her guy |
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| Last found: | Jun 26, 2016 |
| Status: | Faaaaa |
| Last edited: | Jun 14, 2016 |
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 50 yards RT)
Status: alive
Paul Frank Baer was the first flying ace in the history of American military aviation, credited with nine confirmed and seven unconfirmed aerial victories in World War I. An ace is an aviator credited with shooting down at least 5 enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He scored his first aerial victory for the 103rd Aero Squadron of the United States Army Air Service on 11 March 1918 and scored his fifth kill on 23 April 1918. He was eventually shot down and and fell into German hands, where he remained a prisoner of war until after the armistice. After the war Baer went on to forge a career in civil aviation. By 1927, he was a Department of Commerce aeronautics inspector in San Antonio, Texas. He then spent about a year flying as a commercial pilot in South America. He died in an aircraft accident in Shanghai on December 9, 1930 and is buried in Lindenwood Cemetery, where you can find this box.
Directions:
From I69 go east on Illinois Rd about 2 miles, then turn left on W. Jefferson Blvd for about 1 mile. Bear left on W. Main Street for about 0.2 mile and turn left into Lindenwood Cemetery. Drive to section H and park by large monument to Nelson. Paul is buried in this section but I couldn't find his grave.
Clues:
Walk NE behind monument 30 steps to Hamilton stone. LB is under rocks at NW corner.
Hike length: 0.1 miles
Status: alive
Paul Frank Baer was the first flying ace in the history of American military aviation, credited with nine confirmed and seven unconfirmed aerial victories in World War I. An ace is an aviator credited with shooting down at least 5 enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He scored his first aerial victory for the 103rd Aero Squadron of the United States Army Air Service on 11 March 1918 and scored his fifth kill on 23 April 1918. He was eventually shot down and and fell into German hands, where he remained a prisoner of war until after the armistice. After the war Baer went on to forge a career in civil aviation. By 1927, he was a Department of Commerce aeronautics inspector in San Antonio, Texas. He then spent about a year flying as a commercial pilot in South America. He died in an aircraft accident in Shanghai on December 9, 1930 and is buried in Lindenwood Cemetery, where you can find this box.
Directions:
From I69 go east on Illinois Rd about 2 miles, then turn left on W. Jefferson Blvd for about 1 mile. Bear left on W. Main Street for about 0.2 mile and turn left into Lindenwood Cemetery. Drive to section H and park by large monument to Nelson. Paul is buried in this section but I couldn't find his grave.
Clues:
Walk NE behind monument 30 steps to Hamilton stone. LB is under rocks at NW corner.
Hike length: 0.1 miles