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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 Koch, Emil Unknown
1637 Koepsch, Egon Unknown
1638 Kopka, Johann Unknown
1639 Koerner (Körner), Hans Unknown
1640 Kowalczik, Julius Unknown
1641 Kunz, Hermann Karl Ludwig Unknown
1642 Laing, Kenneth Joseph Price Unknown
1643 Lang, Friedrich Unknown
1644 Lange, Helmut Unknown
1645 Langlands, David Unknown
1646 Lasi, Johann Unknown
1647 Laurence, Frederic Hope Unknown
1648 Learmond, George Victor Unknown
1649 Leith, James Leith Unknown
1650 Lennox, James Scott Unknown
Total Records: 1865
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