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