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World War I Aces - The Aerodrome 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
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Gervais Raoul Lufbery - The Aerodrome The son of Edward Lufbery of Wallingford, Connecticut, Gervais Raoul Lufbery was born in France and moved to the United States with his parents when he was six years old He enlisted in the U S Army for two years in 1907 and served in the Phillipines After being discharged from the army, he traveled throughout Asia and, in 1910, took a job as a mechanic with Marc Pourpe, a French aviator