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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  
946 Buechner (Büchner), Franz 18 Mar 1920 (22) KIA
947 Berthold, Rudolph 15 Mar 1920 (29)
948 Swayze, William Keith 26 Feb 1920 (22)
949 Pithey, Croye Rothes 21 Feb 1920 (25) KIFA
950 Schaefer (Schäfer), Hugo 03 Feb 1920 (26) KIFA
951 Kindley, Field Eugene 01 Feb 1920 (24) KIFA
952 Martin, Louis Honore 27 Jan 1920 (25)
953 Chabrier, Albert René 18 Jan 1920 (24) KIFA
954 Kuhn, Max ?? ?? 1920
955 Stuart Wortley, Rothesay Nicholas Montagu ?? ?? 1920 (28)
956 McKeever, Andrew Edward 25 Dec 1919 (25)
957 Malavialle, Paul Louis 20 Dec 1919 (31)
958 Howell, Cedric Ernest 10 Dec 1919 (23) KIFA
959 Boddien, Hans-Helmut von 29 Nov 1919
960 Rudorfer, Franz 19 Nov 1919 (22)
Total Records: 1865
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