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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
1141 Critchley, Roland 02 Apr 1918
1142 Banbury, Fred Everest 01 Apr 1918
1143 Armstrong, Frederick Carr 25 Mar 1918
1144 Mealing, Maurice Edmund 24 Mar 1918
1145 Haebler (Häbler), Hans von 23 Mar 1918
1146 Howard, Richard Watson 22 Mar 1918
1147 Covin, Jules Charles 21 Mar 1918
1148 Hanstein, Ludwig 21 Mar 1918
1149 Strohschneider, Ernst 21 Mar 1918
1150 McCudden, John Anthony 18 Mar 1918
1151 Bethge, Hans 17 Mar 1918
1152 Scott, Maurice Douglas Guest 17 Mar 1918
1153 Tayler, St. Cyprian Churchill 17 Mar 1918
1154 Davies, Llewelyn Crichton 16 Mar 1918
1155 de Rochechouart de Mortem, François 16 Mar 1918
Total Records: 1863
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