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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  
1231 Critchley, Roland 02 Apr 1918 (24) KIA
1232 Banbury, Fred Everest 01 Apr 1918 (24) KIFA
1233 Armstrong, Frederick Carr 25 Mar 1918 (23) KIA
1234 Mealing, Maurice Edmund 24 Mar 1918 (25) KIA
1235 Haebler (Häbler), Hans von 23 Mar 1918 (25) DFW
1236 Howard, Richard Watson 22 Mar 1918 (22) DFW
1237 Covin, Jules Charles 21 Mar 1918 (23) DFW
1238 Hanstein, Ludwig 21 Mar 1918 (26) KIA
1239 Strohschneider, Ernst 21 Mar 1918 (32) KIFA
1240 McCudden, John Anthony 18 Mar 1918 (21) KIA
1241 Bethge, Hans 17 Mar 1918 (28) KIA
1242 Scott, Maurice Douglas Guest 17 Mar 1918 (23) KIFA
1243 Tayler, St. Cyprian Churchill 17 Mar 1918 (22) KIA
1244 Davies, Llewelyn Crichton 16 Mar 1918 (20) KIFA
1245 de Rochechouart de Mortem, François 16 Mar 1918 (37) KIA
Total Records: 1865
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