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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  
811 Boehning (Böhning), Hans 20 Oct 1934 (41) KIFA
812 Umney, John Howard 14 Aug 1934 (36)
813 Thaw, William 22 Apr 1934 (41)
814 Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick, William John Charles 26 Sep 1933 (37) KIFA
815 Poss, Reinhold 26 Aug 1933 KIFA
816 Wright, Chester Ellis 09 Aug 1933 (36)
817 Heron, Oscar Aloysius Patrick 05 Aug 1933 (35) KIFA
818 Pessi, Giorgio 18 Jul 1933 (42)
819 Soulier, Constant Frederic 02 Jul 1933 (36)
820 Heibert, Robert 10 May 1933 (47)
821 Uniacke, Desmond Percival Fitzgerald 25 Mar 1933 (38)
822 Gibbons, Frank George 21 May 1932 (33) KIFA
823 Kaszala, Karl ?? ?? 1932 (40) KIFA
824 Bridgeman, Orlando Clive 21 Dec 1931 (33)
825 Apps, Gordon Frank Mason 24 Oct 1931 (32) KIFA
Total Records: 1865
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