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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
1336 Dostler, Eduard Ritter von 03 Feb 1892
1337 Bongartz, Heinrich 31 Jan 1892
1338 Lorenz, Heinrich 30 Jan 1892
1339 Waldhausen, Hans 30 Jan 1892
1340 Rosenstein, Willi 28 Jan 1892
1341 Tidmarsh, David Mary 28 Jan 1892
1342 Hanstein, Ludwig 20 Jan 1892
1343 Mecozzi, Amedeo 17 Jan 1892
1344 Thompson, Claude Robert James 15 Jan 1892
1345 Grange, Edward Rochfort 11 Jan 1892
1346 Chapman, Charles Meredith Bouverie 09 Jan 1892
1347 Stuart Wortley, Rothesay Nicholas Montagu 09 Jan 1892
1348 Creutzmann, Otto 08 Jan 1892
1349 Hugues, Marcel Anatole 05 Jan 1892
1350 Leffers, Gustav 02 Jan 1892
Total Records: 1865
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