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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 Score
1471 France Barbaza, Yves Felix 5
1472 France Barcat, Andre Jean Louis 5
1473 Germany Bartels, Bernard 5
1474 France Baux, Auguste 5
1475 Canada Bawlf, Louis Drummond 5
1476 Italy Bedendo, Sebastiano 5
1477 England Bell, Charles Gordon 5
1478 England Benger, William Joseph 5
1479 England Bennett, Risdon MacKenzie 5
1480 England Berlyn, Ronald Cory 5
1481 Germany Bertrab, Joachim von 5
1482 Germany Besel, Rudolf 5
1483 Germany Bieleit, Otto 5
1484 England Billinge, Frank 5
1485 Germany Blaas, Eduard 5
 
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