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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
181 Flag Bourjade, Léon Jean Pierre 28
182 Flag Bouyer, Jean Georges 11
183 Flag Bowles, Francis Stephen 5
184 Flag Bowman, Clifford 6
185 Flag Bowman, Geoffrey Hilton 32
186 Flag Bowski, Hans 5
187 Flag Boy, Herbert 5
188 Flag Boyau, Maurice Jean Paul 35
189 Flag Boysen, Harold Koch 5
190 Flag Bozon-Verduraz, Jean Seraphin Benjamin Emmanuel 11
191 Flag Brading, Reginald Carey Brenton 13
192 Flag Brand, Christopher Joseph Quintin 12
193 Flag Brandenstein, Aloys Freiherr von 8
194 Flag Brandt, Franz 10
195 Flag Brauneck, Otto 10
Total Records: 1865
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