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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  
376 Masding, Stanley Henry Percy ?? Dec 1969 (73)
377 Hoehne (Höhne), Otto 22 Nov 1969 (74)
378 Woollett, Henry Winslow 31 Oct 1969 (74)
379 Blaxland, Gregory Hamilton 25 Aug 1969 (73)
380 Massenet-Royer De Marancour, Robert Leon Henri 06 Aug 1969 (89)
381 Kirchfeld, Franz 08 Jul 1969 (72)
382 Hubbard, Will 01 Jul 1969 (74)
383 Guerrier, François 28 Jun 1969 (73)
384 Minifie, Richard Pearman 31 Mar 1969 (71)
385 Pelissier, René Alphonse 27 Mar 1969 (83)
386 Gabriel, Willi ?? Mar 1969 (76)
387 Brown, William Henry 28 Feb 1969 (75)
388 Tonkin, Albert Victor 17 Feb 1969 (83)
389 Fleming, Austin L. 26 Jan 1969 (75)
390 Jarvis, Arthur Eyguem De Montaigne 20 Jan 1969 (75)
Total Records: 1865
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