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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
676 Uniacke, Desmond Percival Fitzgerald 18 Dec 1895
677 Taplin, Leonard Thomas Eaton 16 Dec 1895
678 Benbow, Edwin Louis 10 Dec 1895
679 Forrest, Henry Garnet 05 Dec 1895
680 MacRae, John Finlay Noel 05 Dec 1895
681 Heldmann, Alois 02 Dec 1895
682 Howell, Malcolm Clifford 01 Dec 1895
683 Gillet, Francis Warrington 29 Nov 1895
684 Clay, Henry Robinson 27 Nov 1895
685 Wright, William Alan 27 Nov 1895
686 Fall, Joseph Stewart Temple 17 Nov 1895
687 Leonardi, Alvaro 16 Nov 1895
688 Price, William Thomas 15 Nov 1895
689 Matthaei, Rudolf 10 Nov 1895
690 Rousselle, Maurice Albert 06 Nov 1895
Total Records: 1865
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