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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
1666
Tenant de la Tour, Mathieu Marie Joseph Antoine
05 Dec 1883
1667
Kostrba, Heinrich
22 Oct 1883
1668
Echard, Raoul Cesar Robert Pierre
28 Sep 1883
1669
Splitgerber, Otto
26 Aug 1883
1670
Benjamin, Maurice Arthur
10 Jul 1883
1671
Sanday, William Douglas Stock
28 May 1883
1672
Laplasse, Antoine
16 May 1883
1673
Olieslagers, Jan
04 May 1883
1674
Menckhoff, Karl
14 Apr 1883
1675
Vuillemin, Joseph
14 Mar 1883
1676
Hargreaves, James McKinlay
19 Jan 1883
1677
Tarascon, Paul Albert Pierre
08 Dec 1882
1678
Gaudermen, Pierre Gustave
20 Oct 1882
1679
Lally, Conrad Tolendal
03 Apr 1882
1680
Heyrowsky, Adolf
18 Feb 1882
Total Records: 1863
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