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