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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.
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Victories |
| 1816 |
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White, Hugh Granville |
7 |
| 1817 |
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White, James Butler |
12 |
| 1818 |
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White, Joseph Leonard Maries |
22 |
| 1819 |
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White, Victor Rodney Stokes |
6 |
| 1820 |
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White, Wilbert Wallace |
8 |
| 1821 |
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Whitehead, Lewis Ewart |
5 |
| 1822 |
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Whitham, Charles Myers |
5 |
| 1823 |
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Whitney, Robert Kenneth |
5 |
| 1824 |
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Wiehle, Ernst |
6 |
| 1825 |
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Wiessner, Ernst |
5 |
| 1826 |
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Wilkins, Frank Stafford |
5 |
| 1827 |
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Wilkinson, Alan Machin |
19 |
| 1828 |
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Williams, Edward George Herbert Caradoc |
5 |
| 1829 |
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Williams, Francis Jefferies |
5 |
| 1830 |
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Williams, Percy Stanley |
7 |
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| Total Records: 1865 |
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