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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  
1696 Menendez, Frank Tremar Sibly Unknown
1697 Merchant, Alexander Walker Unknown
1698 Merritt, Horace Ernest Unknown
1699 Meyer, Erich Unknown
1700 Middleton, Thomas Percy Unknown
1701 Miller, William Unknown
1702 Mills, Alfred Stanley Unknown
1703 Mitchell, James Unknown
1704 Montgomery, Kenneth Barbour Unknown
1705 Moody, Basil Henry Unknown
1706 Moore, Ernest Stanley Unknown
1707 Mostyn, William John Unknown
1708 Munday, Richard Burnard Unknown
1709 Murmann, Donald Frederick Unknown
1710 Nagler, Alfons Unknown
Total Records: 1865
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