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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  
886 Slater, James Anderson 26 Nov 1925 (29) KIFA
887 Vialet, Marcel Pierre 21 Sep 1925 (38)
888 Rienau, Rudolf 23 May 1925 (27) KIFA
889 Mezergues, Albert Edmond 15 May 1925 (39)
890 Marwitz, Hans-Georg von der 12 May 1925 (32) KIFA
891 White, Joseph Leonard Maries 24 Feb 1925 (28) KIFA
892 Schaepe (Schäpe), Emil 07 Jan 1925 (35) KIFA
893 Zander, Martin ?? ?? 1925
894 Stewart, David Arthur 24 Dec 1924 (34)
895 Madon, Georges Felix 11 Nov 1924 (32) KIFA
896 Bourjade, Léon Jean Pierre 22 Oct 1924 (35)
897 Ancillotto, Giovanni 18 Oct 1924 (28)
898 Hantelmann, Georg von 07 Sep 1924 (26)
899 Hayward, George Searle Lomax 16 Aug 1924 (30)
900 Kullberg, Harold Albert 05 Aug 1924 (28) KIFA
Total Records: 1865
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