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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
316 Mohr, Alfred 20 Jan 1889
317 Auger, Alfred Victor Robert 26 Jan 1889
318 Hartmann, Otto 07 Feb 1889
319 Costantini, Bartolomeo 14 Feb 1889
320 Murison, John Thompson Guy 16 Feb 1889
321 Doering (Döring), Kurt-Bertram von 18 Feb 1889
322 Regnier, Victor François Marie Alexis 21 Feb 1889
323 Nuville, Charles Marie Joseph Leon 04 Mar 1889
324 Watson, Herbert Gilles 30 Mar 1889
325 Peck, Arthur Hicks 25 Apr 1889
326 Campbell, William Charles 27 Apr 1889
327 White, Wilbert Wallace 01 May 1889
328 Lecour Grandmaison, Didier Louis Marie Charles 18 May 1889
329 Kokorin, Nikolai 21 May 1889
330 Bourjade, Léon Jean Pierre 25 May 1889
Total Records: 1863
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