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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  
121 Hudson, Harold Byrn ?? Feb 1982
122 Mai, Josef 18 Jan 1982
123 Price, William Thomas 17 Jan 1982
124 Godfrey, Albert Earl 01 Jan 1982
125 Staudacher, Georg 15 Oct 1981
126 Maushake, Heinrich 31 Aug 1981
127 Jacobsen, Fritz 03 Aug 1981
128 Arigi, Julius 01 Aug 1981
129 Millman, Norman Craig 27 Jul 1981
130 Larson, Jens Frederick 06 May 1981
131 Hunt, Hubert Cecil 11 Jan 1981
132 McRobert, Leslie Harrison ?? ?? 1981
133 O'Neill, Ralph Ambrose 23 Dec 1980
134 Caldwell, Keith Logan 28 Nov 1980
135 Pope, Sydney Leo George 05 Nov 1980
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