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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
601 Cummings, Eric Douglas 13 Apr 1896
602 Riva, Antonio 08 Apr 1896
603 Giles, Wilfred Bertie 06 Apr 1896
604 Drekmann, Heinrich 05 Apr 1896
605 Buckley, Harold Robert 04 Apr 1896
606 Satchell, Harold Leslie 03 Apr 1896
607 Womersley, John Herbert Greenwood 01 Apr 1896
608 Siddall, Joseph Henry 28 Mar 1896
609 Vernam, Remington 24 Mar 1896
610 Owen, Ernest Edward 23 Mar 1896
611 Reed, William Ernest 23 Mar 1896
612 May, Wilfrid Reid 20 Mar 1896
613 Jindra, Otto 18 Mar 1896
614 Weismann, Eugene 18 Mar 1896
615 Molyneux, Harold Arthur Sydney 14 Mar 1896
Total Records: 1865
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