Allen County, Indiana Genealogy

See the Fort Wayne International Airport or Paul F. Baer.

July 30, 2022 post by the Greater Fort Wayne Aviation Museum on Facebook:

An image of the Saturday, April 1, 1944 The Beacon newsletter titled Baer Field And Its Boss--1917 Version! shows an aerial photo of a farm house in an article about Korah Micheals who bought a farm in 1917 with fields south of Fort Wayne which became the Baer Field Ariport runways and hangars. An image of the Saturday, April 1, 1944 The Beacon newsletter titled Baer Field And Its Boss--1917 Version! posted

January 18, 2023 post by Genealogy Center on Facebook:

It's #waybackwednesday! This image is from the Harter Postcard Collection in the Allen County Public Library Digital Collections at the Allen County Public Libraryand shows the TWA and Chicago & Southern Terminals at Baer Field in Fort Wayne. These were the first two commercial airlines to serve the area at the location that is now known as Smith Field. C&S was merged with Delta Air Lines in 1953 and TWA ceased flights from Baer Field in 1963.

Check out this image and thousands more in the Allen County Public Library Digital Collections at the Allen County Public Library.

1. Baer Field, 1941-1991: 50th Anniversary at the The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
2. Over 60 items are found in a search for Baer Field on Internet Archive.
3. An August 28, 2022 post on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook shows a 1925 to 2001 Smith Field Timeline from the March 26, 2002 The News-Sentinel newspaperfor Baer Field at Smith Field.
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   Digital Commonwealth
   Massachusetts Collection Online image
   A color postcard titled: Baer Field Airport, Fort Wayne, Ind. -- Section of barracks, 1,000 man mess hall, hanger and control tower, first reception building, administration building, hospital unit from the 1930-1945 era is at Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts Collections Online which has at least 40 more Fort Wayne color postcards or other items and 64 Allen County postcards from a December 7, 2022 post by True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.

February 8, 2023 post by Greater Fort Wayne Aviation Museum on Facebook:

Thanks to our newest partner, the Veterans National Memorial Shrine and Museum, the history of Baer Field and its war time works told through the pages of the base newspaper "The Beacon" will be shared digitally with the public. From 1942 to 1947, the Beacon was published weekly on base containing war news, local troop events, supportive Fort Wayne businesses and organizations and more. Stay tuned for more details to come.

See our World War II military page.

See our 1940s Timeline.

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