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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
1711 Lally, Conrad Tolendal 03 Apr 1882
1712 Heyrowsky, Adolf 18 Feb 1882
1713 Child, Jack Escott ?? ?? 1882
1714 Hegarty, Herbert George ?? ?? 1882
1715 Nardini, Guido 30 Jul 1881
1716 de Rochechouart de Mortem, François 22 Mar 1881
1717 Borzecki, Charles Alexandre Bronislas 04 Nov 1880
1718 Piccio, Pier 27 Sep 1880
1719 Pulpe, Eduard 22 Jun 1880
1720 Massenet-Royer De Marancour, Robert Leon Henri 14 Jan 1880
1721 Christiansen, Friedrich 12 Dec 1879
1722 Boehme (Böhme), Erwin 29 Jul 1879
1723 Evans, Henry Cope 26 Jul 1879
1724 Wessels, Heinrich 18 Apr 1877
1725 DuBois d'Aische, Adolphe 18 Mar 1874
Total Records: 1865
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