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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  
271 Leask, Kenneth Malise St. Clair Graeme 24 Apr 1974 (78)
272 Price, Stephen William 19 Apr 1974 (81)
273 Daladier, Gustave Victorin 16 Apr 1974 (86)
274 Brownell, Raymond James 12 Apr 1974 (80)
275 Coombe, James George 09 Apr 1974 (80)
276 Fysh, Wilmot Hudson 06 Apr 1974 (79)
277 Griffith, Hugh Bradford ?? Apr 1974 (81)
278 Moore, Hugh Fitzgerald 05 Mar 1974 (76)
279 Cook, Everett Richard 21 Jan 1974 (80)
280 Thoene (Thöne), Wilhelm 17 Jan 1974 (81)
281 Davison, Hiram Franklin ?? Jan 1974 (80)
282 Allen, Charles Philip ?? ?? 1974 (75)
283 Antcliffe, Ernest ?? ?? 1974 (76)
284 Chisam, William Hargrove ?? ?? 1974 (80)
285 Jeffs, Charles Hubert ?? ?? 1974 (79)
Total Records: 1865
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