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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  
1636 Howell, Malcolm Clifford 11 Jun 1976 (81)
1637 MacMillan, Norman 05 Aug 1976 (84)
1638 Junck, Werner 06 Aug 1976 (81)
1639 Gastin, Paul Adrien 23 Aug 1976 (90)
1640 Poupon, Roger 12 Sep 1976 (88)
1641 Collishaw, Raymond 28 Sep 1976 (83)
1642 Hodson, George Stacey 01 Oct 1976 (77)
1643 Keating, James Alfred 02 Oct 1976 (79)
1644 Sardier, Jean Marie Luc Gilbert 07 Oct 1976 (79)
1645 Waldhausen, Hans 06 Nov 1976 (84)
1646 Seabrook, Joseph Powell ?? ?? 1977 (80)
1647 Gass, Charles George 04 Jan 1977 (79)
1648 Scaroni, Silvio 16 Feb 1977 (84)
1649 Cox, George Montague 19 Feb 1977 (85)
1650 Venter, Cristoffel Johannes 20 Feb 1977 (84)
Total Records: 1865
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