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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  
1831 Tuffield, Thomas Cecil Silwood Unknown
1832 Turner, Arthur Henry Unknown
1833 Turner, Francis McDougall Charlewood Unknown
1834 Turner, Ronald William Unknown
1835 Udvardy, Ferdinand Unknown
1836 Ultsch, Bernhard Unknown
1837 Vakulovsky, Konstantin Unknown
1838 Vallendor, Hermann Unknown
1839 Vial, Del Antoine Gaston Unknown
1840 Viebig, Hans Unknown
1841 Waddington, Paul Yvan Robert Unknown
1842 Wagener, Werner Unknown
1843 Walker, Eric Unknown
1844 Walker, William Unknown
1845 Wallage, Stanley Harry S. Unknown
Total Records: 1865
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