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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
1576 Doering (Döring), Kurt-Bertram von 18 Feb 1889
1577 Murison, John Thompson Guy 16 Feb 1889
1578 Costantini, Bartolomeo 14 Feb 1889
1579 Hartmann, Otto 07 Feb 1889
1580 Auger, Alfred Victor Robert 26 Jan 1889
1581 Mohr, Alfred 20 Jan 1889
1582 Kozakov (Kazakoff), Alexander Alexandrovich 15 Jan 1889
1583 Del'Haye, Roger Amedee 09 Jan 1889
1584 Bartlett, Charles Philip Oldfield 03 Jan 1889
1585 Baker, Lovell Dickens ?? ?? 1889
1586 Cowell, John ?? ?? 1889
1587 Hines, George Frederick ?? ?? 1889
1588 Jones, Percy Griffith ?? ?? 1889
1589 Patrick, William Donald ?? ?? 1889
1590 Lenoir, Maxime Albert 22 Dec 1888
Total Records: 1865
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