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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  
466 Piccio, Pier 31 Jul 1965 (85)
467 Jones, Clinton Leonard 22 Jun 1965 (73)
468 Fruhner, Otto 19 Jun 1965 (72)
469 Marchant, Cecil James 30 May 1965 (70)
470 Lenz, Alfred 10 May 1965 (75)
471 Bell-Irving, Alan Duncan 24 Apr 1965 (71)
472 Dodds, Roy Edward 02 Apr 1965 (72)
473 Crole, Gerard Bruce 31 Mar 1965 (71)
474 Williams, Francis Jefferies ?? Mar 1965 (67)
475 Welsh, George Arthur 16 Feb 1965 (69)
476 Sewall, Sumner 25 Jan 1965 (68)
477 Beckmann, Ludwig 20 Jan 1965
478 Hefty, Friedrich 20 Jan 1965 (71)
479 Nuville, Charles Marie Joseph Leon 18 Jan 1965 (76)
480 Owens, John Sidney 14 Jan 1965 (67)
Total Records: 1865
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