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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. |
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Name |
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| 1621 |
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Haight, Edward Meeker |
05 Dec 1975 (79) |
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| 1622 |
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Gascoyne, James Victor |
?? ?? 1976 (84) |
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| 1623 |
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McCall, Malcolm |
?? ?? 1976 (79) |
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| 1624 |
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Saint, Howard John Thomas |
?? ?? 1976 (83) |
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| 1625 |
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Stewart, Oliver |
?? ?? 1976 (80) |
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| 1626 |
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Latimer, Dennis |
12 Jan 1976 (81) |
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| 1627 |
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Maynard, Forster Herbert Martin |
26 Jan 1976 (83) |
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| 1628 |
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Pidcock, Geoffrey Arthur Henzell |
?? Feb 1976 (79) |
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| 1629 |
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Lagesse, Camille Henri Raoul |
15 Feb 1976 (83) |
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| 1630 |
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Buelow-Bothkamp (Bülow-Bothkamp), Harry von |
27 Feb 1976 (79) |
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| 1631 |
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Bocchese, Aldo |
19 Mar 1976 (82) |
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| 1632 |
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Wallace, Hazel LeRoy |
22 Mar 1976 (79) |
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| 1633 |
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Nash, Gerald Ewart |
10 Apr 1976 (80) |
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| 1634 |
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Corey, Irving Banfield |
18 Apr 1976 (84) |
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| 1635 |
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Barbreau, Paul Augustin Edouard |
02 Jun 1976 (82) |
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| Total Records: 1865 |
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