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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  
781 Whistler, Harold Alfred ?? Mar 1940 (44) KIFA
782 Clark, Cecil Christian 30 Nov 1939 (42)
783 Durrand, William 12 Oct 1939 (54)
784 Monnington, Kurt Adolf 17 Feb 1939 (48)
785 Gasser, Lucien Marcel 14 Feb 1939 (42) KIFA
786 Freehill, Maurice Michael 03 Feb 1939 (40)
787 Buisson, Alexandre ?? ?? 1939 (53)
788 Holden, Lansing Colton 13 Nov 1938 (42) KIFA
789 Stutz, Hermann 27 Jul 1938
790 Kirkman, Robert Kirby 09 May 1938 (47)
791 Bloch, Marcel Robert Leopold 29 Mar 1938 (48)
792 Pickthorn, Charles Edward Murray 03 Mar 1938 (42)
793 Birkbeck, Robert Alexander 09 Jan 1938 (40)
794 Jenks, Archie Nathaniel ?? ?? 1938 (49)
795 Rennella, Cosimo 03 May 1937 (47)
Total Records: 1865
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