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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 Death  
1516 Digby-Worsley, Bruce Unknown
1517 Dobberke, Günther Unknown
1518 Dombrowski, Andreas Unknown
1519 Doran, Thomas Arthur Unknown
1520 Douglas, Percy Unknown
1521 Dyke, William Norman Unknown
1522 Easton, Harold Edwin Unknown
1523 Eddy, Charles Ewart Unknown
1524 Ehmann, Friedrich Unknown
1525 Ehmann, Gottfried Unknown
1526 Elliott, Thomas Unknown
1527 Ellis, Herbert Edward Oscar Unknown
1528 Emsden, Leonard Herbert Unknown
1529 Engelfried, Karl Unknown
1530 Evans, Dudley Lloyd Unknown
Total Records: 1865
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