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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
301 Hengl, Georg Ritter von ?? Oct 1897
302 Yeates, Victor Maslin 30 Sep 1897
303 Hammersley, Reuben George 26 Sep 1897
304 Rhys Davids, Arthur Percival Foley 26 Sep 1897
305 Chick, John Stanley 22 Sep 1897
306 Gopsill, Kenneth Lloyd 21 Sep 1897
307 Thomson, George Edwin 19 Sep 1897
308 Vlasto, Alexander George 12 Sep 1897
309 Hickey, Charles Robert Reeves 10 Sep 1897
310 Beanlands, Bernard Paul Gascoigne 09 Sep 1897
311 Debenham, Horace Gilbert Wanklyn 09 Sep 1897
312 Soulier, Constant Frederic 05 Sep 1897
313 Wright, Chester Ellis 01 Sep 1897
314 Newnham, Maurice Ashdown 31 Aug 1897
315 Garaud, Hector Eugene Joseph 27 Aug 1897
Total Records: 1863
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