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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 Birth
1636 Adam, Hans Ritter von 24 May 1886
1637 Pelissier, René Alphonse 30 Apr 1886
1638 Lale, Horace Percy 08 Apr 1886
1639 Hubbard, William Henry 19 Mar 1886
1640 Heibert, Robert 08 Jan 1886
1641 Rae, Thomas Gillies 02 Jan 1886
1642 Walz, Franz 04 Dec 1885
1643 Federov (Fedoroff), Victor 11 Nov 1885
1644 Williams, Thomas Frederic 12 Oct 1885
1645 Cymera, Wilhelm 05 Oct 1885
1646 Languedoc, Henri François 05 Oct 1885
1647 Guertiau, Julien Anatole 13 Sep 1885
1648 Dalrymple, Sydney 11 May 1885
1649 Durrand, William 04 May 1885
1650 Schmidt, Otto 23 Mar 1885
Total Records: 1863
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