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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  
1096 Irving, Gordon Budd 11 Aug 1918 (20) KIA
1097 Pippart, Hans Martin 11 Aug 1918 (30) KIA
1098 Boger, William Otway 10 Aug 1918 (23) KIA
1099 Haines, Alfred John 10 Aug 1918 (20) KIA
1100 Hets, Albert 10 Aug 1918 (22) KIA
1101 Loewenhardt (Löwenhardt), Erich 10 Aug 1918 (21) KIFA
1102 Puetter (Pütter), Fritz 10 Aug 1918 (23) DFW
1103 Brookes, Eric Guy 08 Aug 1918 (24) KIA
1104 Gonne, Michael Edward 08 Aug 1918 (19) KIA
1105 Mills, Kenneth Charles 08 Aug 1918 (19) KIA
1106 Guerin (Guérin), Gabriel Fernand Charles 01 Aug 1918 (26) KIFA
1107 McElroy, George Edward Henry 31 Jul 1918 (25) KIA
1108 Cowell, John 30 Jul 1918 (29) KIA
1109 Drekmann, Heinrich 30 Jul 1918 (22) KIA
1110 Linke-Crawford, Frank 30 Jul 1918 (25) KIA
Total Records: 1865
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