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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  
556 Buckler, Julius 23 May 1960 (66)
557 Dhome (Dhôme), Marcel Marc 06 May 1960 (67)
558 Blanc, Georges Pierre 25 Apr 1960 (73)
559 Johnsen, Olaus Charles Wilhelm 02 Apr 1960 (71)
560 Burden, Henry John 28 Mar 1960 (66)
561 Watson, Kenneth Bowman 05 Mar 1960 (63)
562 Clear, Edwin Arnold 21 Feb 1960 (64)
563 MacLeod, Malcolm Plaw ?? Feb 1960 (63)
564 Chick, John Stanley 21 Jan 1960 (63)
565 Cabruna, Ernesto 09 Jan 1960 (71)
566 Harrison, William Leeming 06 Jan 1960 (61)
567 Bell, George Stanley ?? ?? 1960 (63)
568 Hammond, Arthur William 22 Dec 1959 (69)
569 Maxwell, Gerald Joseph Constable 18 Dec 1959 (64)
570 Furlow, George Willard ?? Nov 1959 (66)
Total Records: 1865
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