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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
1366 Blaiklock, George Walker 07 Dec 1891
1367 Carpenter, Peter 06 Dec 1891
1368 Sachsenberg, Gotthard 06 Dec 1891
1369 Nash, Thomas Walter 25 Nov 1891
1370 Barton, Horace Dale 22 Nov 1891
1371 Wilkinson, Alan Machin 21 Nov 1891
1372 Hutterer, Michael 17 Nov 1891
1373 Pessi, Giorgio 17 Nov 1891
1374 Ungewitter, Kurt 13 Nov 1891
1375 Atkinson, Edward Dawson 10 Nov 1891
1376 Strasser, Georg 10 Nov 1891
1377 Fichter, Julius 09 Nov 1891
1378 Boysen, Harold Koch 02 Nov 1891
1379 Huebner (Hübner), Alfred 26 Oct 1891
1380 Hahn, Erich 18 Oct 1891
Total Records: 1865
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