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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  
646 Pinsard, Armand 10 May 1953 (66)
647 Amm, Edgar Oxenham 25 Mar 1953 (55)
648 Fielding-Johnson, William Spurrett 10 Feb 1953 (61)
649 Long, Selden Herbert 12 Dec 1952 (57)
650 Winkler, William Otto Brash 24 Nov 1952 (57)
651 Henriot, Marcel Laurent 19 Nov 1952 (56)
652 Manley, Patrick Sarsfield 30 Oct 1952 (57)
653 Bott, Alan John 17 Sep 1952 (59)
654 Lindsay, Robert Opie 01 Aug 1952 (58)
655 Easterbrook, Arthur Edmond 24 Jul 1952 (59)
656 Loerzer, Fritz 21 Jul 1952 (59)
657 May, Wilfrid Reid 21 Jun 1952 (56)
658 Lienhart, Georges Frederic 14 Jun 1952 (66)
659 Brown, Sydney MacGillvary 07 Apr 1952 (57)
660 Hengl, Georg Ritter von 19 Mar 1952 (55)
Total Records: 1865
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