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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  
1276 McNaughton, Norman George 24 Jun 1917 KIA
1277 Kruten, Yevgraph 19 Jun 1917 KIFA
1278 Smith, Langley Frank Willard 12 Jun 1917 KIA
1279 Vessey, John Arthur 12 Jun 1917 KIFA
1280 Cubbon, Francis Richard 09 Jun 1917 KIA
1281 Thayre, Frederick James Harry 09 Jun 1917 KIA
1282 Culling, Thomas Grey 08 Jun 1917 KIA
1283 Wiessner, Ernst 07 Jun 1917 KIA
1284 Bona, Paul 06 Jun 1917 KIA
1285 Schaefer (Schäfer), Karl Emil 05 Jun 1917 KIA
1286 Kokorin, Nikolai 28 May 1917 KIA
1287 Dorme, René Pierre Marie 25 May 1917 KIA
1288 Pfeiffer, Hermann 20 May 1917 KIFA
1289 Curphey, William George Sellar 15 May 1917 KIA
1290 Busa, Julius 13 May 1917 KIA
Total Records: 1863
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