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An ace is a military aviator or airman credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft. The term ace originated in World War I when French newspapers described Adolphe Pègoud as l'as (French for ace) after he shot down five German aircraft.
 
  Name   Date of Birth
151 Nardini, Guido 30 Jul 1881
152 Child, Jack Escott ?? ?? 1882
153 Hegarty, Herbert George ?? ?? 1882
154 Heyrowsky, Adolf 18 Feb 1882
155 Lally, Conrad Tolendal 03 Apr 1882
156 Gaudermen, Pierre Gustave 20 Oct 1882
157 Tarascon, Paul Albert Pierre 08 Dec 1882
158 Hargreaves, James McKinlay 19 Jan 1883
159 Vuillemin, Joseph 14 Mar 1883
160 Menckhoff, Karl 14 Apr 1883
161 Olieslagers, Jan 04 May 1883
162 Laplasse, Antoine 16 May 1883
163 Sanday, William Douglas Stock 28 May 1883
164 Benjamin, Maurice Arthur 10 Jul 1883
165 Splitgerber, Otto 26 Aug 1883
Total Records: 1865
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