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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
271 Crompton, John Bonnicher 08 Dec 1897
272 de Marmier, Lionel Alexandre Pierre 04 Dec 1897
273 Keating, James Alfred 04 Dec 1897
274 Mott, Harold Edgar 04 Dec 1897
275 Jerrard, Alan 03 Dec 1897
276 Blizard, Charles Cecil 21 Nov 1897
277 Seerley, John Joseph 21 Nov 1897
278 Buelow-Bothkamp (Bülow-Bothkamp), Harry von 19 Nov 1897
279 Cudemore, Charles William 19 Nov 1897
280 Bassenge, Gerhard 18 Nov 1897
281 Cooper, Gerald Kempster 13 Nov 1897
282 De Fontenay, Philip August 13 Nov 1897
283 Wallace, Hazel LeRoy 13 Nov 1897
284 Salter, Ernest James 09 Nov 1897
285 Alexander, William Melville 08 Nov 1897
Total Records: 1863
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