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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  
316 Purvis, W.C. Unknown
317 Puetz (Pütz), Johann Unknown
318 Raesch, Josef Unknown
319 Randall, Arthur Clunie Unknown
320 Randall, George Ebben Unknown
321 Ray, Franz Unknown
322 Ray, Lewis Hector Unknown
323 Rayner, John William Unknown
324 Reed, Arthur Eden Unknown
325 Reed, William Ernest Unknown
326 Regnier, Victor François Marie Alexis Unknown
327 Rice-Oxley, Alan Unknown
328 Riley, Alan Incell Unknown
329 Riley, George Raby Unknown
330 Risacher, Louis Unknown
Total Records: 1865
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