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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  
1756 Robinson, Harry Noel Cornforth Unknown
1757 Robson, Charles Crichton Unknown
1758 Ross, Charles Gordon Unknown
1759 Rousseaux, Achille Justin Ernest Unknown
1760 Roxburgh-Smith, Benjamin Unknown
1761 Ruebe (Rübe), Richard Unknown
1762 Rumpel, Theodor Unknown
1763 Rusby, Reginald Howard Unknown
1764 Rutherford, William Jackson Unknown
1765 Sanday, William Douglas Stock Unknown
1766 Saunders, Franklin Geoffrey Unknown
1767 Sayaret, Victor Louis Georges Unknown
1768 Scandrett, Harry Unknown
1769 Schattauer, Karl Unknown
1770 Scheicher, Alfons Unknown
Total Records: 1865
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