Benutzer Diskussion:Otfried Lieberknecht/07
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Hallo, falls du es brauchen kannst, hier der Eintrag im OED:
[Bedeutung 2 c.]:
[After F. as.] In the war of 1914-18, an airman who had brought down ten enemy machines; a crack airman.
1917 Times (weekly ed.) 14 Sept. 757 Second Lieutenant Lufbery, the ‘ace’ of the American Lafayette flying Squadron. 1918 E. SIDGWICK Jamesie III. 170 Gabriel is what they call an ‘ace’ here, a great adventurer of the air. 1921 Punch 12 Jan. 26/1 Airman, playwright, Empire-builder,..Ace of all the furious aces, slightly bald D'Annunzio!
--Janneman 17:28, 21. Mär. 2009 (CET)