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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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| 1801 |
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Light, Alan Douglas |
?? Mar 1987 (96) |
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| 1802 |
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Grey, Charles Gossage |
06 Mar 1987 (93) |
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| 1803 |
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Curtis, Edward Peck |
13 Mar 1987 (90) |
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| 1804 |
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Klimke, Rudolf |
17 Mar 1987 (97) |
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| 1805 |
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Osten, Hans-Georg von der |
27 Mar 1987 (92) |
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| 1806 |
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Bulmer, George William |
05 Apr 1987 (89) |
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| 1807 |
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Saunders, Hugh William Lumsden |
08 May 1987 (93) |
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| 1808 |
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Fox Rule, Gordon |
10 Jun 1987 (89) |
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| 1809 |
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Thomson, William McKenzie |
09 Jul 1987 (89) |
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| 1810 |
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Fieseler, Gerhard |
01 Sep 1987 (91) |
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| 1811 |
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Rhodes, Hervey |
11 Sep 1987 (92) |
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| 1812 |
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Edgley, Denis Edwin |
?? Oct 1987 (88) |
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| 1813 |
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Todd, Robert Miles |
20 Jan 1988 (91) |
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| 1814 |
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Porter, Kenneth Lee |
03 Feb 1988 (92) |
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| 1815 |
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Hays, Frank Kerr |
29 Feb 1988 (92) |
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| Total Records: 1865 |
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