
11-11-2003, 08:57 PM
It was probably taken from the RAF WW1 term of "Ace". Once a pilot had shot down 5 enemy planes he was considered an ace. They also painted the Ace of Spades on their planes beacuse it is the death card.
The Germans used it on their planes in WW2 and there was also an Ace of Spades squadron.
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