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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  
1321 Mansell, William Stanley 11 Sep 1917 (21) KIA
1322 McMaking, Oscar Lennox 11 Sep 1917 (23) KIA
1323 Wear, Albert Edward 11 Sep 1917 (21) KIFA
1324 Matton, Jean Georges Fernand 10 Sep 1917 (29) KIA
1325 Potter, Frank 10 Sep 1917 (26)
1326 Hoehndorf (Höhndorf), Walter 05 Sep 1917 (25) KIFA
1327 Hahn, Erich 04 Sep 1917 (26) KIA
1328 Hartmann, Otto 03 Sep 1917 (28) KIA
1329 Dostler, Eduard Ritter von 21 Aug 1917 (25) KIA
1330 Clement, Carleton Main 19 Aug 1917 (21) KIA
1331 Jaeger (Jäger), Otto 19 Aug 1917 (27) KIA
1332 Johnston, Phillip Andrew 17 Aug 1917 (19) KIA
1333 Joslyn, Harold Waddell 17 Aug 1917 (24) KIA
1334 Webb, Noel William Ward 16 Aug 1917 (21) KIA
1335 Oliver, Thomas Alfred 14 Aug 1917 (24) KIA
Total Records: 1865
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