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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
511 Savage, Douglas Alfred ?? ?? 1892
512 Scandrett, Harry ?? ?? 1892
513 Smith, William Watson ?? ?? 1892
514 Jones, Clinton Leonard 01 Jan 1892
515 Leffers, Gustav 02 Jan 1892
516 Hugues, Marcel Anatole 05 Jan 1892
517 Creutzmann, Otto 08 Jan 1892
518 Chapman, Charles Meredith Bouverie 09 Jan 1892
519 Stuart Wortley, Rothesay Nicholas Montagu 09 Jan 1892
520 Grange, Edward Rochfort 11 Jan 1892
521 Thompson, Claude Robert James 15 Jan 1892
522 Mecozzi, Amedeo 17 Jan 1892
523 Hanstein, Ludwig 20 Jan 1892
524 Rosenstein, Willi 28 Jan 1892
525 Tidmarsh, David Mary 28 Jan 1892
Total Records: 1865
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