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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  
796 Hautzmayer, Ludwig 06 Dec 1936 (43) KIFA
797 Findlay, Maxwell Hutcheon ?? Oct 1936 (38) KIFA
798 Brumowski, Godwin 03 Jun 1936 (47) KIFA
799 Davidson, Charles Robert 21 May 1936 (40)
800 Noltenius, Friedrich Theodor 12 Mar 1936 (42) KIFA
801 Murison, John Thompson Guy ?? Mar 1936 (47)
802 McGregor, Malcolm Charles 19 Feb 1936 (40) KIFA
803 Neuenhofen, Wilhelm 24 Jan 1936 (39) KIFA
804 Meissner, James Armand 16 Jan 1936 (40)
805 Gorringe, Frank Clifton ?? Jan 1936 (47)
806 Bedendo, Sebastiano 24 Aug 1935 (40) KIFA
807 Rolfes, Hans Joachim 12 Aug 1935 (41) KIFA
808 Vlasto, Alexander George 01 Mar 1935 (38)
809 Luke, Thomas Carlyon ?? ?? 1935 (43)
810 Yeates, Victor Maslin 15 Dec 1934 (37)
Total Records: 1865
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