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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
526 Lorenz, Heinrich 30 Jan 1892
527 Waldhausen, Hans 30 Jan 1892
528 Bongartz, Heinrich 31 Jan 1892
529 Dostler, Eduard Ritter von 03 Feb 1892
530 Loiko, Ivan 06 Feb 1892
531 Fahlbusch, Wilhelm 08 Feb 1892
532 Fielding-Johnson, William Spurrett 08 Feb 1892
533 Reed, Valentine 14 Feb 1892
534 Montange, Paul 20 Feb 1892
535 Phillipps, Roy Cecil 01 Mar 1892
536 Demeuldre, Omer Paul 08 Mar 1892
537 Pelletier d'Oisy, Georges 09 Mar 1892
538 Wedel, Erich Rüdiger von 09 Mar 1892
539 Ross, Charles Gordon 12 Mar 1892
540 Nungesser, Charles Eugene Jules Marie 15 Mar 1892
Total Records: 1865
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