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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  
1471 Buehl (Bühl), Albin Unknown
1472 Burbidge, Leslie Williams Unknown
1473 Burger, Malcolm Graham Stewart Unknown
1474 Burkard, August Unknown
1475 Busse (Budde), Joachim von Unknown
1476 Buettner (Büttner), Siegfried Unknown
1477 Cameron, Douglas Evan Unknown
1478 Cammann, Theodor Unknown
1479 Capel, Leslie Howard Tandy Unknown
1480 Cardon, Pierre Marie Joseph Unknown
1481 Carlaw, Walter MacFarlane Unknown
1482 Chalmers, Robert Unknown
1483 Chandler, Robert North Unknown
1484 Chartoire, Louis-Antoine Unknown
1485 Chiltern, Thomas Sydney Unknown
Total Records: 1865
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