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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
1681 Flag Thieffry, Edmond 10
1682 Flag Thoene (Thöne), Wilhelm 6
1683 Flag Thom, Karl 27
1684 Flag Thomas, Erik 10
1685 Flag Thomas, Gabriel Joseph 7
1686 Flag Thomas, Meredith 5
1687 Flag Thompson, Cecil Robert 6
1688 Flag Thompson, Chester William McKinley 12
1689 Flag Thompson, Claude Robert James 6
1690 Flag Thompson, Louis Mark 9
1691 Flag Thompson, Samuel Frederick Henry 30
1692 Flag Thomson, George 14
1693 Flag Thomson, George Edwin 21
1694 Flag Thomson, William McKenzie 26
1695 Flag Thornely, Ronald Roscoe 9
Total Records: 1865
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