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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
1216 Letts, John Herbert Towne 11 Oct 1917
1217 Rooper, William Victor Trevor 09 Oct 1917
1218 Bush, James Cromwell 07 Oct 1917
1219 MacAndrew, Colin Geen Orr 02 Oct 1917
1220 Chapman, Charles Meredith Bouverie 01 Oct 1917
1221 Sloley, Robert Hugh 01 Oct 1917
1222 Loyd, Alwyne Travers 28 Sep 1917
1223 Wissemann, Kurt 28 Sep 1917
1224 Kosmahl, Fritz Gustav August 26 Sep 1917
1225 Barlow, John Lancashire 23 Sep 1917
1226 Voss, Werner 23 Sep 1917
1227 Curtis, Ralph Luxmore 21 Sep 1917
1228 Noss, Arthur Rex Hurden 15 Sep 1917
1229 Wolff, Kurt 15 Sep 1917
1230 Guynemer, Georges Marie Ludovic Jules 11 Sep 1917
Total Records: 1863
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