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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  
1381 Cymera, Wilhelm 09 May 1917 (32) KIA
1382 Ball, Albert 07 May 1917 (21) KIA
1383 Malone, John Joseph 30 Apr 1917 (24) KIA
1384 Doumer, René 26 Apr 1917 (30) KIA
1385 Festner, Sebastian 25 Apr 1917 (23) KIA
1386 Osterroht, Paul von 23 Apr 1917 (30) KIA
1387 Baldamus, Hartmuth 14 Apr 1917 (26) KIA
1388 Richardson, Lancelot Lytton 13 Apr 1917 (22) KIA
1389 Schulte, Adolf 12 Apr 1917 (23) KIA
1390 Frankl, Wilhelm 08 Apr 1917 (24) KIA
1391 Berr, Hans 06 Apr 1917 (27) KIA
1392 Koenig (König), Erich 02 Apr 1917 (27) KIA
1393 Mohr, Alfred 01 Apr 1917 (28) KIA
1394 Theiller, Renatus 24 Mar 1917 (23) KIA
1395 Pashley, Eric Clowes 17 Mar 1917 (25) KIFA
Total Records: 1865
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