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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
61 Duncan, Gordon Metcalfe 25 Mar 1899
62 Sneath, Wilfred Harry 19 Mar 1899
63 Pearson, Laurence Herbert 10 Mar 1899
64 Carlaw, Walter MacFarlane 08 Mar 1899
65 Capel, Leslie Howard Tandy 03 Mar 1899
66 Sykes, Ronald 03 Mar 1899
67 Dance, Charles Cannon 25 Feb 1899
68 Riley, George Raby 23 Feb 1899
69 Fletcher, Ronald Malcolm 22 Feb 1899
70 Zink, Edmund Leonard 21 Feb 1899
71 King, Cecil Frederick 19 Feb 1899
72 Berlyn, Ronald Cory 16 Feb 1899
73 Aldridge, John Arthur 09 Feb 1899
74 Ingalls, David Sinton 28 Jan 1899
75 Dennett, Pruett Mullens 21 Jan 1899
Total Records: 1863
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