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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  
1396 Manschott, Friedrich 16 Mar 1917 (24) KIA
1397 Hauss, Marcel 15 Feb 1917 (27) KIA
1398 Keudell, Hans von 15 Feb 1917 (25) KIA
1399 Reimann, Leopold 24 Jan 1917 (25) KIFA
1400 Imelmann, Hans 23 Jan 1917 (20) KIA
1401 Delorme, Andre Jean 14 Jan 1917 (27) KIA
1402 Sauvage, Paul Joannes 07 Jan 1917 (20) KIA
1403 Leffers, Gustav 27 Dec 1916 (24) KIA
1404 Violet-Marty, Pierre Augustin François 27 Dec 1916 (22) KIA
1405 Haber, Kurt 20 Dec 1916 (21) KIA
1406 Knight, Arthur Gerald 20 Dec 1916 (21) KIA
1407 Schilling, Hans 04 Dec 1916 (24) KIA
1408 Hawker, Lanoe George 23 Nov 1916 (26) KIA
1409 Kirmaier, Stefan 22 Nov 1916 (27) KIA
1410 Cowan, Sidney Edward 17 Nov 1916 (19) KIA
Total Records: 1865
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