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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  
1021 Rath, Henry Coyle 26 Oct 1918 (20) KIFA
1022 Lotz, Paul 23 Oct 1918 (23) KIFA
1023 Nash, Thomas Walter 23 Oct 1918 (27) KIA
1024 Orr, Osborne John 23 Oct 1918 (23) KIA
1025 Shoemaker, Harold Goodman 23 Oct 1918 (26) KIFA
1026 De Guingand, Gilbert Marie 22 Oct 1918 (27) KIFA
1027 Quigley, Frank Granger 20 Oct 1918 (24)
1028 Bernert, Otto 18 Oct 1918 (25)
1029 Haussmann, Albert 16 Oct 1918 (26) KIA
1030 Greene, John Edmund 14 Oct 1918 (24) KIA
1031 Wilson, Claude Melnot 14 Oct 1918 (20) KIA
1032 Letts, John Herbert Towne 11 Oct 1918 (21) KIFA
1033 White, Wilbert Wallace 10 Oct 1918 (29) KIA
1034 Campbell, Lynn 09 Oct 1918 (22) KIA
1035 Hodgkinson, William 09 Oct 1918 (21) KIA
Total Records: 1865
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