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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
46 Apps, Gordon Frank Mason 03 May 1899
47 Hodson, George Stacey 02 May 1899
48 Hill, Richard Frank 28 Apr 1899
49 Lawson, George Edgar Bruce 26 Apr 1899
50 Lennox, James Scott 21 Apr 1899
51 Mann, William Edward George 20 Apr 1899
52 Britnell, Frederick John Shaw 16 Apr 1899
53 Hughes, David James 16 Apr 1899
54 Turner, Arthur Henry 16 Apr 1899
55 Thompson, Chester William McKinley 11 Apr 1899
56 Compton, Harry Neville 09 Apr 1899
57 Coombes, Lawrence Percival 09 Apr 1899
58 Owen, Robert Johnstone 06 Apr 1899
59 Allen, Charles Philip 03 Apr 1899
60 Sawyer, Cyril Hayes 03 Apr 1899
Total Records: 1865
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