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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  
1351 Languedoc, Henri François 18 Jul 1917 (32) DFW
1352 Hay, Roger Bolton 17 Jul 1917 (22) DFW
1353 Olivi, Luigi 17 Jul 1917 (23) KIA
1354 Krebs, Fritz 16 Jul 1917 (21) KIA
1355 Schneider, Kurt 14 Jul 1917 (29) DFW
1356 Miller, Archibald William Buchanan 13 Jul 1917 (21) KIA
1357 Cunnell, Donald Charles 12 Jul 1917 (24) KIA
1358 Ellis, Sidney Emerson 12 Jul 1917 (21) KIFA
1359 Eyre, Cyril Askew 07 Jul 1917 (21) KIA
1360 Orlov, Ivan 04 Jul 1917 (22) KIA
1361 Dossenbach, Albert 03 Jul 1917 (26) KIA
1362 Ulmer, Alfred 29 Jun 1917 (21) KIA
1363 Allmenroeder (Allmenröder), Julius Karl 27 Jun 1917 (21) KIA
1364 McNaughton, Norman George 24 Jun 1917 (27) KIA
1365 Kruten, Yevgraph 19 Jun 1917 (27) KIFA
Total Records: 1865
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