The Aerodrome Home Page
Aces of WWI
Aircraft of WWI
Books and Videos
The Aerodrome Forum
Help
Medals & Decorations
Search The Aerodrome
Today in History



 
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  
1771 Schleiff, Franz Unknown
1772 Schlenker, Georg Unknown
1773 Schneidewind, Gustav Unknown
1774 Schroeder (Schröder), Herbert Unknown
1775 Schumacher, Friedrich Unknown
1776 Schumm, Marat Unknown
1777 Schuetze (Schütze), Erich Unknown
1778 Schwartz, Wilhelm Unknown
1779 Schwendemann, Josef Unknown
1780 Scott, Laurence Henry Unknown
1781 Scott, Walter Henry Unknown
1782 Seit, Kurt Unknown
1783 Selwyn, Wilfred Unknown
1784 Seywald, Heinrich Unknown
1785 Shannon, Christopher James Unknown
Total Records: 1865
106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125
First Previous Next Last
 
Aces · Aircraft · Books · Forum · Help · Medals · Search · Today