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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
751 Hartley, Herbert Henry 24 Jul 1895
752 Napier, Ian Patrick Robert 24 Jul 1895
753 Wallage, Stanley Harry S. 24 Jul 1895
754 Little, Robert Alexander 19 Jul 1895
755 Bedendo, Sebastiano 18 Jul 1895
756 Trescowthick, Norman Charles 18 Jul 1895
757 Ortoli, Jacques Toussaint François 16 Jul 1895
758 Marchant, Cecil James 15 Jul 1895
759 Orr, Osborne John 15 Jul 1895
760 Hughes, Geoffrey Forrest 12 Jul 1895
761 Meek, Earl Stanley 11 Jul 1895
762 Maybery, Richard Aveline 10 Jul 1895
763 Winkler, William Otto Brash 07 Jul 1895
764 Haber, Kurt 04 Jul 1895
765 Hartigan, Edward Patrick 26 Jun 1895
Total Records: 1865
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