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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  
616 Hines, George Frederick 24 Aug 1955 (66)
617 MacDougall, Peter Aitken 18 Aug 1955 (57)
618 Lloyd, George Lawrence 15 Jul 1955 (63)
619 Mellersh, Francis John Williamson 25 May 1955 (57) KIFA
620 Candy, John Geoffrey Sadler 11 May 1955 (58)
621 Lale, Horace Percy 05 Apr 1955 (69)
622 Christian, Leonard Arthur 24 Jan 1955 (56)
623 Leonardi, Alvaro 01 Jan 1955 (60)
624 Cooke, Douglas Graham ?? ?? 1955 (60)
625 Just, Erich ?? ?? 1955 (57)
626 Molesworth, William Earle ?? ?? 1955 (61)
627 Leitch, Alfred Alexander 31 Dec 1954 (60)
628 Hackwill, George Henry 04 Jul 1954 (62)
629 Wedel, Erich Rüdiger von 02 Jul 1954 (62)
630 Arnold, Anthony Rex 24 May 1954 (58)
Total Records: 1865
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