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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. |
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Name |
 Date of Birth |
| 1681 |
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Durrand, William |
04 May 1885 |
| 1682 |
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Schmidt, Otto Christian |
23 Mar 1885 |
| 1683 |
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Lufbery, Gervais Raoul |
14 Mar 1885 |
| 1684 |
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Nikitsch, Karl |
17 Jan 1885 |
| 1685 |
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Bennett, Rex George |
?? ?? 1885 |
| 1686 |
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Kowalczik, Julius |
?? ?? 1885 |
| 1687 |
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Mostyn, William John |
?? ?? 1885 |
| 1688 |
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Pierozzi, Orazio |
08 Dec 1884 |
| 1689 |
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Hammond, Leonard Coombes |
11 Nov 1884 |
| 1690 |
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Noble, Walter |
15 Oct 1884 |
| 1691 |
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Aldred, John William |
26 Aug 1884 |
| 1692 |
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Ruffo di Calabria, Fulco |
12 Aug 1884 |
| 1693 |
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Rees, Lionel Wilmot Brabazon |
31 Jul 1884 |
| 1694 |
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Scott, Alan John Lance |
29 Jun 1884 |
| 1695 |
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Gond, Maurice Roch |
31 May 1884 |
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| Total Records: 1865 |
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