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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
316 Camplan, Eugene Jules Emile 10 Oct 1889
317 Jenks, Archie Nathaniel 14 Oct 1889
318 Hilton, Darcy Fowlis 17 Oct 1889
319 Davies, Francis James 20 Oct 1889
320 Johnsen, Olaus Charles Wilhelm 25 Oct 1889
321 Reid, Ellis Vair 31 Oct 1889
322 Macourek, Bela 04 Nov 1889
323 Kiddie, Andrew Cameron 07 Nov 1889
324 Jailler, Lucien Joseph 23 Nov 1889
325 Hay, Hugh Allport 24 Nov 1889
326 Sayaret, Victor Louis Georges 03 Dec 1889
327 Herbelin, Andre René Celestin 09 Dec 1889
328 Nathanael, Edmund 18 Dec 1889
329 Burckhardt, Friedrich-Karl 24 Dec 1889
330 de Rochefort, Noel Hugues Anne Louis 25 Dec 1889
Total Records: 1865
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