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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
286 Auger, Alfred Victor Robert 26 Jan 1889
287 Hartmann, Otto 07 Feb 1889
288 Costantini, Bartolomeo 14 Feb 1889
289 Murison, John Thompson Guy 16 Feb 1889
290 Doering (Döring), Kurt-Bertram von 18 Feb 1889
291 Regnier, Victor François Marie Alexis 21 Feb 1889
292 Nuville, Charles Marie Joseph Leon 04 Mar 1889
293 Carlin, Sydney 24 Mar 1889
294 Watson, Herbert Gilles 30 Mar 1889
295 Peck, Arthur Hicks 25 Apr 1889
296 Campbell, William Charles 27 Apr 1889
297 White, Wilbert Wallace 01 May 1889
298 Le Cour Grandmaison, Didier Louis Marie Charles 18 May 1889
299 Kokorin, Nikolai 21 May 1889
300 Bourjade, Léon Jean Pierre 25 May 1889
Total Records: 1865
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