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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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