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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
496 Nash, Thomas Walter 25 Nov 1891
497 Carpenter, Peter 06 Dec 1891
498 Sachsenberg, Gotthard 06 Dec 1891
499 Blaiklock, George Walker 07 Dec 1891
500 Schaefer (Schäfer), Karl Emil 17 Dec 1891
501 Gould, Herbert Ruska 23 Dec 1891
502 Anderson, George Benson 26 Dec 1891
503 Vial, Del Antoine Gaston 27 Dec 1891
504 Young, Wilfred Ernest 28 Dec 1891
505 Olivari, Luigi 29 Dec 1891
506 Barkell, Thomas Henry ?? ?? 1892
507 Fornagiari, Guglielmo ?? ?? 1892
508 Kaszala, Karl ?? ?? 1892
509 Napier, Charles George Douglas ?? ?? 1892
510 Parry, Samuel ?? ?? 1892
Total Records: 1865
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