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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 Tudhope, Philip Murray 27 Sep 1898
152 Patey, Herbert Andrew 25 Sep 1898
153 Mellersh, Francis John Williamson 22 Sep 1898
154 Scholtz, Edgar 21 Sep 1898
155 Little, Robert Hazen 19 Sep 1898
156 Hunt, Hubert Cecil 18 Sep 1898
157 Eaton, Edward Carter 17 Sep 1898
158 Wilson, Claude Melnot 16 Sep 1898
159 Thomson, William McKenzie 15 Sep 1898
160 Beaulieu-Marconnay, Olivier Freiherr von 14 Sep 1898
161 Vickers, Oliver Henry Douglas 13 Sep 1898
162 McDonald, Ian Donald Roy 09 Sep 1898
163 Foster, Robert Mordaunt 03 Sep 1898
164 Bulmer, George William 01 Sep 1898
165 Staton, William Ernest 27 Aug 1898
Total Records: 1865
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