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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  
661 Breadner, Lloyd Samuel 14 Mar 1952 (58)
662 McGinness, Paul Joseph 26 Feb 1952 (56)
663 Boothroyd, Clement Graham ?? Feb 1952 (53)
664 Fletcher, Ronald Malcolm ?? ?? 1952 (53)
665 Hicks, George Rensbury 24 Nov 1951 (51)
666 Hughes, Geoffrey Forrest 13 Sep 1951 (56)
667 Riva, Antonio 17 Aug 1951 (55)
668 Agelasto, Cyril John 10 Aug 1951 (54)
669 Boensch (Bönsch), Eugen 24 Jul 1951 (54)
670 Edwards, Harold Leslie 15 Jun 1951 (58)
671 Goulding, Acheson Gosford 27 Apr 1951 (58)
672 Compton, Harry Neville ?? ?? 1951 (52)
673 McQuistan, Finlay 04 Sep 1950 (54)
674 Darvill, George William Francis ?? Sep 1950 (52)
675 Haegelen, Claude Marcel 24 May 1950 (54)
Total Records: 1865
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