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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 |
| 286 |
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Cooper, Gerald Kempster |
13 Nov 1897 |
| 287 |
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De Fontenay, Philip August |
13 Nov 1897 |
| 288 |
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Wallace, Hazel LeRoy |
13 Nov 1897 |
| 289 |
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Salter, Ernest James |
09 Nov 1897 |
| 290 |
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Alexander, William Melville |
08 Nov 1897 |
| 291 |
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Pidcock, Geoffrey Arthur Henzell |
06 Nov 1897 |
| 292 |
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Bormann, Ernst |
05 Nov 1897 |
| 293 |
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Hudson, Frank Neville |
04 Nov 1897 |
| 294 |
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Balfour, Harold Harington |
01 Nov 1897 |
| 295 |
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Colvill-Jones, Thomas |
01 Nov 1897 |
| 296 |
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Pritt, Walbanke Ashby |
31 Oct 1897 |
| 297 |
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Gordon, Frederick Stanley |
29 Oct 1897 |
| 298 |
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Hills, John |
25 Oct 1897 |
| 299 |
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MacGregor, Andrew |
25 Oct 1897 |
| 300 |
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Boy, Herbert |
24 Oct 1897 |
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| Total Records: 1865 |
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