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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  
1261 Gopsill, Kenneth Lloyd 15 Feb 1918 (21) KIFA
1262 Barlow, Leonard Monteagle 05 Feb 1918 (20) KIFA
1263 Day, Harold 05 Feb 1918 (21) KIA
1264 Winter, Rupert Randolph 03 Feb 1918 (22) KIA
1265 Reeves, Harry Gosford 24 Jan 1918 (22) KIFA
1266 Kummetz, Hans 11 Jan 1918 (28) KIA
1267 Mueller (Müller), Max Ritter von 09 Jan 1918 (31) KIA
1268 Buelow-Bothkamp (Bülow-Bothkamp), Walter von 06 Jan 1918 (24) KIA
1269 Weber, Rudolf ?? ?? 1918 (28)
1270 Meyer, Karl 31 Dec 1917 (23) KIFA
1271 Thurm, Alwin 31 Dec 1917 (23) KIA
1272 McKay, Alfred Edwin 28 Dec 1917 (25) KIA
1273 Collett, Clive Franklyn 23 Dec 1917 (31) KIFA
1274 Hess, Ernst 23 Dec 1917 (24) KIA
1275 Maybery, Richard Aveline 19 Dec 1917 (22) KIA
Total Records: 1865
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