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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
1711 Flag Traill, James Hamilton 6
1712 Flag Traill, Thomas Cathcart 8
1713 Flag Tranter, Alexander 7
1714 Flag Trapp, George Leonard 6
1715 Flag Travers, Frederick Dudley 9
1716 Flag Travers, Herbert Gardner 5
1717 Flag Treiber, Karl 7
1718 Flag Treptow, Reinhard 6
1719 Flag Trescowthick, Norman Charles 7
1720 Flag Trevethan, Richard Michael 12
1721 Flag Trollope, John Lightfoot 18
1722 Flag Tschentschel, Gerold 5
1723 Flag Tudhope, John Henry 10
1724 Flag Tudhope, Philip Murray 6
1725 Flag Tuffield, Thomas Cecil Silwood 6
Total Records: 1865
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