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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 |
 Date of Death |
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| 1681 |
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Jacobs, Josef Carl Peter |
29 Jul 1978 (84) |
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| 1682 |
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Bannerman, Ronald Burns |
02 Aug 1978 (88) |
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| 1683 |
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Bowman, Clifford |
31 Oct 1978 (79) |
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| 1684 |
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Lecoq De Kerland, Marie Charles Maurice |
05 Nov 1978 (91) |
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| 1685 |
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Bretillon, Alexandre Albert Roger |
18 Nov 1978 (83) |
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| 1686 |
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Blennerhasset, Giles Noble |
04 Dec 1978 (83) |
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| 1687 |
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Gordon, John Rutherford |
11 Dec 1978 (83) |
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| 1688 |
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Lavers, Charles Stewart Touzeau |
?? ?? 1979 (83) |
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| 1689 |
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Liversedge, Sydney Tyndall |
?? ?? 1979 (82) |
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| 1690 |
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Tyrrell, William Upton |
?? ?? 1979 (83) |
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| 1691 |
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Unger, Kenneth Russell |
06 Jan 1979 (81) |
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| 1692 |
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Draper, Christopher |
16 Jan 1979 (87) |
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| 1693 |
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Drummond, John Elmer |
29 Jan 1979 (82) |
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| 1694 |
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Stanton, Frederick Cecil |
20 Mar 1979 (84) |
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| 1695 |
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Elliott, William Boyd |
27 Mar 1979 (81) |
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| Total Records: 1865 |
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