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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
766 Keirstead, Ronald McNeill 20 Jun 1895
767 Newsome, Thomas Henry 20 Jun 1895
768 Boger, William Otway 19 Jun 1895
769 Cole, Adrian Trevor 19 Jun 1895
770 Gordon, John Rutherford 18 Jun 1895
771 Armstrong, Frederick Carr 13 Jun 1895
772 Novelli, Gastone 13 Jun 1895
773 Jeffs, Charles Hubert 11 Jun 1895
774 Ambrogi, Marius Jean Paul Elzeard 09 Jun 1895
775 Chartoire, Louis-Antoine 01 Jun 1895
776 McKenzie, Robert William ?? Jun 1895
777 Rutherford, William Jackson 30 May 1895
778 Hayne, Edwin Tufnell 28 May 1895
779 Moore, Guy Borthwick 28 May 1895
780 Besel, Rudolf 26 May 1895
Total Records: 1865
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