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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
796 Blennerhasset, Giles Noble 16 Apr 1895
797 Wilson, Percy 11 Apr 1895
798 McDonald, John Sutherland 09 Apr 1895
799 Frew, Matthew Brown 07 Apr 1895
800 Pearson, James William 02 Apr 1895
801 Bruce-Norton, John 31 Mar 1895
802 Burge, Philip Scott 29 Mar 1895
803 McCudden, James Thomas Byford 28 Mar 1895
804 Drewitt, Herbert Frank Stacey 25 Mar 1895
805 Healy, James Andrew 20 Mar 1895
806 Keen, Arthur Willan 20 Mar 1895
807 Fleischer, Alfred 16 Mar 1895
808 Hallonquist, Joseph Eskill 13 Mar 1895
809 Schlimpen, Johann 11 Mar 1895
810 Cerutti, Marziale 10 Mar 1895
Total Records: 1865
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