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Show 00 Captain Baker, the Aviator, Is Killed in France NEW YORK, Dec 26 Captain Hoa-! bart A. H. Baker, the famous Princeton Prince-ton athlete, known in his college davs as "Hobey" Baker, an aviator in the American army in France, has been killed in the fall of his plane. News of his death was received hero todav by his friend, Percy Pine. PHILADEPHIA, Dec. 26. Captain "Hobey" Baker's career as an aviator in France was told here tonight bv Major Charles Biddle, one of the merican aces who was in command of the group in which Baker served!' Major Biddle returned home last week. He said that Baker, during his service at tho front, brought down three German Ger-man machines, one at Ypres and two in the St. Mihiel sector in the last ton days of the war. The last machine, Major Biddle said, was attacked bv Eaker 20,000 feet in the air and was carrying propaganda leaflets to be dropped among American infantry. Baker, who was famous as a football foot-ball and hockey player, left for England Eng-land In. the summer of 1917, after flying fly-ing in this country for about a year, principally at Mineola, Long Island. I One of his flights was from Now York I lo Princeton and back again After I further training in England, 'he was I sent to the American school at Issou-I Issou-I dur, France. Later he was sent to the French gunnery school near Bordeaux where ho finished his training and then was assigned to instructing Amer- leans. Baker Joined tho LaFavett0 squad and went to tho front about ! April 1. In the lattor part of May he 1 brought down his first German ma- ; chine at Ypres and was awarded the French War crops. ! About July 1, according to Major Biddle, Baker acted as a flight com- majidor to the 18th aoro pursuit group 'with tho rank of first Houtenani In August ho was placed in command of ; the 141st pursuit squadron and sent lo ; the rear to organize it. There was some delay over which Baker had no control, in getting the squadron organised organ-ised and it was not until the middle of 1 October that ho was sent to tbe St. 1 Mihlol front. About this time he was promoted to captain. He was in command com-mand of twenty-six officers, 130 mon and controlled 20 to 25 machines. Captain Cap-tain Baker flew In tho St. Mlhlel sector sec-tor until the armistice was signed. Major Biddlo said that the last German Ger-man machine brought down by Cnptain Baker was an exceptionally fine piece of work. The German was attacked I 20,000 feet up. The German machine , turned over and the observer fell out and dropped within the American lines. Tho German pilot, however, managed to right his machine and Baker again attackod him with the result re-sult that the German and his airplane foil about n mile within the German lines. After the nrmistlce was signed, Major Biddle said, American aviators went over the front and examined tho macjuno wnere it una iauen anu iuunu a quantity of German propaganda for circulation among American Infantry. Captain Baker was still at tho front when Major Biddle left on Decomber 1. "There was no finer man nor a better bet-ter 'pilot," said Major Biddlo. "He j was very skilful and particularly fear- g less. He would have had an oven great- 8 er record if ho had been at the front I more than lie was." I f Major Biddlo said that the "Ingle- 8 hart" montioncd in the cablegram to S Percy Pino of New York, announcing Captain Baker's death, is Captain I Francis N. Inglohart of, Baltimore, group operations officer of tho fourth 8 pursuit group. j |