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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  
1411 Boelcke, Oswald 28 Oct 1916 (25) KIA
1412 Lenoir, Maxime Albert 25 Oct 1916 (28) KIA
1413 Langan-Byrne, Patrick Anthony 17 Oct 1916 (21) KIA
1414 Mulzer, Max Ritter von 26 Sep 1916 (23) KIFA
1415 Wintgens, Kurt 25 Sep 1916 (22) KIA
1416 de Rochefort, Noel Hugues Anne Louis 16 Sep 1916 (27) DFW
1417 Fahlbusch, Wilhelm 06 Sep 1916 (24) KIA
1418 Rosencrantz, Hans 06 Sep 1916 (26) KIA
1419 Evans, Henry Cope 03 Sep 1916 (37) KIA
1420 Pulpe, Eduard 02 Aug 1916 (36) DFW
1421 Parschau, Otto 21 Jul 1916 (26) DFW
1422 Immelmann, Max 18 Jun 1916 (26) KIA
1423 Pegoud (Pégoud), Adolphe Celestin 31 Aug 1915 (26) KIA
1424 Altemeier, Friedrich Unknown
1425 Anders, Fritz G. Unknown
Total Records: 1865
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