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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
1666 Flag Taplin, Leonard Thomas Eaton 12
1667 Flag Tarascon, Paul Albert Pierre 12
1668 Flag Tayler, St. Cyprian Churchill 9
1669 Flag Taylor, Arthur Gilbert Vivian 7
1670 Flag Taylor, Edgar 5
1671 Flag Taylor, Frank Harold 10
1672 Flag Taylor, Merrill Samuel 7
1673 Flag Taylor, Patrick Gordon 5
1674 Flag Teichmann, Karl 5
1675 Flag Tempest, Edmund Roger 17
1676 Flag Tennant, James 7
1677 Flag Thaw, William 5
1678 Flag Thayre, Frederick James Harry 20
1679 Flag Theiller, Renatus 12
1680 Flag Thiede, Fritz 8
Total Records: 1865
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