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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  
916 Bertrab, Joachim von 28 Jul 1922 KIFA
917 Miller, Zenos Ramsey 22 Jul 1922 (27) KIFA
918 Richthofen, Lothar Ritter von 04 Jul 1922 (28) KIFA
919 Bonneton, Fernand 24 Jun 1922 (32) KIFA
920 McClintock, Ronald St. Clair 22 Jun 1922 (30)
921 Smith, Ross MacPherson 13 Apr 1922 (30) KIFA
922 Federov (Fedoroff), Victor 04 Mar 1922 (37)
923 Richardson, Herbert Brian 14 Feb 1922 (24) KIFA
924 Scott, Alan John Lance 16 Jan 1922 (38)
925 Gossip, George Hatfield Dingley ?? ?? 1922 (25)
926 Kelly, Edward Caulfield ?? ?? 1922 (26)
927 Tempest, Edmund Roger 17 Dec 1921 (27) KIFA
928 Cockerell, Stanley 04 Dec 1921 (26)
929 Barny De Romanet, Bernard Henri 23 Sep 1921 (27) KIFA
930 Maunoury, Ernest Joseph Jules 21 Sep 1921 (27) KIFA
Total Records: 1865
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