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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
271 Joy, Ernest Graham 02 Nov 1888
272 Leacroft, John 04 Nov 1888
273 Poupon, Roger 01 Dec 1888
274 Shook, Alexander MacDonald 02 Dec 1888
275 Kuehne (Kühne), Wilhelm 11 Dec 1888
276 Lenoir, Maxime Albert 22 Dec 1888
277 Baker, Lovell Dickens ?? ?? 1889
278 Cowell, John ?? ?? 1889
279 Hines, George Frederick ?? ?? 1889
280 Jones, Percy Griffith ?? ?? 1889
281 Patrick, William Donald ?? ?? 1889
282 Bartlett, Charles Philip Oldfield 03 Jan 1889
283 Del'Haye, Roger Amedee 09 Jan 1889
284 Kozakov (Kazakoff), Alexander Alexandrovich 15 Jan 1889
285 Mohr, Alfred 20 Jan 1889
Total Records: 1865
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