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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 Victories
166 Flag Bona, Paul 6
167 Flag Bond, William Arthur 5
168 Flag Bongartz, Heinrich 33
169 Flag Bonneton, Fernand 9
170 Flag Booker, Charles Dawson 29
171 Flag Booth, Edward Borgfeldt 5
172 Flag Boothroyd, Clement Graham 12
173 Flag Borm, Gustav 5
174 Flag Bormann, Ernst 16
175 Flag Borzecki, Charles Alexandre Bronislas 5
176 Flag Bosson, André Louis 7
177 Flag Bott, Alan John 5
178 Flag Bottrill, William Eric 5
179 Flag Boulton, Nicholson Stewart 6
180 Flag Boulton, Percy 6
Total Records: 1865
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