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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  
541 Oades, Sydney Arthur ?? ?? 1961 (71)
542 Clark, Alexander Goodlet 26 Dec 1960 (64)
543 Cooper, Norman ?? Dec 1960 (72)
544 Burgess, David Luther 30 Nov 1960 (69)
545 Thomas, Erik 18 Nov 1960 (63)
546 Cayol, Lucien Eugene 22 Oct 1960 (67)
547 Bell, Hilliard Brooke 16 Sep 1960 (63)
548 Jones, James Ira Thomas 29 Aug 1960 (64)
549 MacDonald, Ross Morrison 29 Aug 1960 (65)
550 Loerzer, Bruno 23 Aug 1960 (69)
551 Bormann, Ernst 01 Aug 1960 (63)
552 Peronneau (Péronneau), Henri Albert ?? Aug 1960 (70)
553 Loste, Jean Augustin Paul Joseph 26 Jul 1960 (67)
554 Doering (Döring), Kurt-Bertram von 09 Jul 1960 (71)
555 Hubbard, William Henry 19 Jun 1960 (74)
Total Records: 1865
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