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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
616 Kindley, Field Eugene 13 Mar 1896
617 Sutton, Oliver Manners 12 Mar 1896
618 Blaxland, Gregory Hamilton 10 Mar 1896
619 Rosevear, Stanley Wallace 09 Mar 1896
620 Scott, Laurence Henry 09 Mar 1896
621 Hets, Albert 05 Mar 1896
622 Guerrier, François 04 Mar 1896
623 McGregor, Malcolm Charles 04 Mar 1896
624 Brauneck, Otto 27 Feb 1896
625 Tennant, James 27 Feb 1896
626 Tayler, St. Cyprian Churchill 26 Feb 1896
627 Gontermann, Heinrich 25 Feb 1896
628 Kelly, Edward Caulfield 23 Feb 1896
629 Le Blanc-Smith, Maurice 23 Feb 1896
630 Caillaux, Edmond Eugene Henri 18 Feb 1896
Total Records: 1865
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