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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. |
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Name |
 Date of Birth |
| 586 |
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Henkel, Heinrich |
11 May 1896 |
| 587 |
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Smith, Sydney Philip |
10 May 1896 |
| 588 |
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Chidlaw-Roberts, Robert Leslie |
09 May 1896 |
| 589 |
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Pressentin von Rautter, Viktor von |
08 May 1896 |
| 590 |
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Allmenroeder (Allmenröder), Julius Karl |
03 May 1896 |
| 591 |
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Hewat, Richard Alexander |
03 May 1896 |
| 592 |
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Tyrrell, William Upton |
03 May 1896 |
| 593 |
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Pratt, Harold Johnstone |
01 May 1896 |
| 594 |
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Johnston, Edgar Charles |
30 Apr 1896 |
| 595 |
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Saundby, Robert Henry Magnus Spencer |
26 Apr 1896 |
| 596 |
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Udet, Ernst |
26 Apr 1896 |
| 597 |
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Eyre, Cyril Askew |
25 Apr 1896 |
| 598 |
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Jones, James Ira Thomas |
18 Apr 1896 |
| 599 |
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Poole, George Ramsden |
16 Apr 1896 |
| 600 |
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Fieseler, Gerhard |
15 Apr 1896 |
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| Total Records: 1865 |
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