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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 Death  
1006 Irving, Gordon Budd 11 Aug 1918 KIA
1007 Pippart, Hans Martin 11 Aug 1918 KIA
1008 Boger, William Otway 10 Aug 1918 KIA
1009 Haines, Alfred John 10 Aug 1918 KIA
1010 Hets, Albert 10 Aug 1918 KIA
1011 Loewenhardt (Löwenhardt), Erich 10 Aug 1918 KIFA
1012 Puetter (Pütter), Fritz 10 Aug 1918 DFW
1013 Brookes, Eric Guy 08 Aug 1918 KIA
1014 Gonne, Michael Edward 08 Aug 1918 KIA
1015 Mills, Kenneth Charles 08 Aug 1918 KIA
1016 Guerin (Guérin), Gabriel Fernand Charles 01 Aug 1918 KIFA
1017 McElroy, George Edward Henry 31 Jul 1918 KIA
1018 Cowell, John 30 Jul 1918 KIA
1019 Drekmann, Heinrich 30 Jul 1918 KIA
1020 Linke-Crawford, Frank 30 Jul 1918 KIA
Total Records: 1863
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