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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  
1261 Gilsher, Juri 20 Jul 1917 KIA
1262 Shepherd, Alfred Seymour 20 Jul 1917 KIA
1263 Languedoc, Henri François 18 Jul 1917 DFW
1264 Hay, Roger Bolton 17 Jul 1917 DFW
1265 Olivi, Luigi 17 Jul 1917 KIA
1266 Krebs, Fritz 16 Jul 1917 KIA
1267 Schneider, Kurt 14 Jul 1917 DFW
1268 Miller, Archibald William Buchanan 13 Jul 1917 KIA
1269 Cunnell, Donald Charles 12 Jul 1917 KIA
1270 Ellis, Sidney Emerson 12 Jul 1917 KIFA
1271 Eyre, Cyril Askew 07 Jul 1917 KIA
1272 Orlov, Ivan 04 Jul 1917 KIA
1273 Dossenbach, Albert 03 Jul 1917 KIA
1274 Ulmer, Alfred 29 Jun 1917 KIA
1275 Allmenroeder (Allmenröder), Karl 27 Jun 1917 KIA
Total Records: 1863
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