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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
241 Minifie, Richard Pearman 02 Feb 1898
242 Preston, John Carbery 01 Feb 1898
243 Williams, Francis Jefferies 01 Feb 1898
244 Lupton, Charles Roger 27 Jan 1898
245 Phillips, Alan MacMillan 24 Jan 1898
246 Neckel, Ulrich 23 Jan 1898
247 Moody, Basil Henry 19 Jan 1898
248 Schoenebeck, Carl-August von 19 Jan 1898
249 Tod, George Donald 15 Jan 1898
250 Compston, Robert John Orton 09 Jan 1898
251 Woodbridge, Albert Edward 09 Jan 1898
252 Harrison, Thomas Sinclair 08 Jan 1898
253 Smart, Wallace Alexander 07 Jan 1898
254 Buechner (Büchner), Franz 02 Jan 1898
255 Brooke, George Ai ?? ?? 1898
Total Records: 1865
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