Frank Luke Jr Research Paper

Frank Luke Jr. "He was the most daring aviator and greatest fighter pilot of the entire war. His life is one of the brightest glories of our Air Service. He went on a rampage and shot down fourteen enemy aircraft, including ten balloons, in eight days. No other ace, even the dreaded Richthofen, had ever come close to that." ~ Eddie Rickenbacker Frank Luke Jr. was born May 19, 1897 in Phoenix, Arizona and would live not only to become an Arizonan Hero but a true American Hero. As the last of five children in his family Frank grew and developed while excelling athletically, through hard work in the copper mines, and the occasional bare-knuckle boxing match. On September 25, 1917 Luke enlisted into Aviation Section of the U.S. Signal Corps