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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  
1006 Baker, Thomas Charles Richmond 04 Nov 1918 (21) KIA
1007 Lightbody, John Douglas 04 Nov 1918 (19) KIA
1008 Palliser, Arthur John 04 Nov 1918 (28) KIA
1009 Child, Jack Escott 03 Nov 1918 (36)
1010 Beane, James Dudley 30 Oct 1918 (22) KIA
1011 Callender, Alvin Andrew 30 Oct 1918 (25) KIA
1012 Farquhar, Robert Wallace 30 Oct 1918 (20) KIA
1013 Paget, Augustus 30 Oct 1918 (20) KIA
1014 Coiffard, Michel Joseph Callixte Marie 29 Oct 1918 (26) DFW
1015 Morgan, John Towlson 29 Oct 1918 KIFA
1016 Schoen, Karl John 29 Oct 1918 (24) KIA
1017 Coolidge, Hamilton 27 Oct 1918 (23) KIA
1018 Schlegel, Karl 27 Oct 1918 (25) KIA
1019 Wareing, Guy Wilbraham 27 Oct 1918 (19) KIA
1020 Beaulieu-Marconnay, Olivier Freiherr von 26 Oct 1918 (20) DFW
Total Records: 1865
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