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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
1666 Altemeier, Friedrich 14 Jun 1886
1667 Lienhart, Georges Frederic 01 Jun 1886
1668 Adam, Hans Ritter von 24 May 1886
1669 Pelissier, René Alphonse 30 Apr 1886
1670 Lale, Horace Percy 08 Apr 1886
1671 Hubbard, William Henry 19 Mar 1886
1672 Heibert, Robert 08 Jan 1886
1673 Rae, Thomas Gillies 02 Jan 1886
1674 Walz, Franz 04 Dec 1885
1675 Federov (Fedoroff), Victor 11 Nov 1885
1676 Williams, Thomas Frederic 12 Oct 1885
1677 Cymera, Wilhelm 05 Oct 1885
1678 Languedoc, Henri François 05 Oct 1885
1679 Guertiau, Julien Anatole 13 Sep 1885
1680 Dalrymple, Sydney 11 May 1885
Total Records: 1865
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