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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
571 Culling, Thomas Grey 31 May 1896
572 Hoehn (Höhn), Fritz 31 May 1896
573 Haight, Edward Meeker 30 May 1896
574 Maund, Hugh Bingham 30 May 1896
575 Guthrie, Murray Kenneth 29 May 1896
576 MacGregor, Norman Miers 29 May 1896
577 Clear, Edwin Arnold 28 May 1896
578 Grossart, William 26 May 1896
579 Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick, William John Charles 25 May 1896
580 Chabrier, Albert René 24 May 1896
581 Janzen, Johannes 21 May 1896
582 Spurling, Arthur Rowe 19 May 1896
583 Clement, Carleton Main 15 May 1896
584 Nash, Gerald Ewart 12 May 1896
585 Baeumer (Bäumer), Paul Wilhelm 11 May 1896
Total Records: 1865
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