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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
406 Worthington, Charles Edward 20 Feb 1897
407 Candy, John Geoffrey Sadler 19 Feb 1897
408 Orlebar, Augustus Henry 17 Feb 1897
409 Travers, Frederick Dudley 15 Feb 1897
410 Ruamps, Laurent Baptisti 14 Feb 1897
411 Stark, Rudolf 11 Feb 1897
412 Thomas, Erik 10 Feb 1897
413 Coadou, Arthur Marie Marcel 07 Feb 1897
414 Green, James Hubert Ronald 07 Feb 1897
415 Le Mesurier, Thomas Frederick 06 Feb 1897
416 Sauvage, Paul Joannes 05 Feb 1897
417 Falkenberg, Carl Frederick 04 Feb 1897
418 Gasser, Lucien Marcel 02 Feb 1897
419 Hunter, John Ellis Langford 31 Jan 1897
420 Redler, Harold Bolton 27 Jan 1897
Total Records: 1865
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