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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
211 Flag Brookes, Eric Guy 6
212 Flag Brooks, Arthur Raymond 6
213 Flag Brown, Alfred John 8
214 Flag Brown, Allan Runcieman 5
215 Flag Brown, Arthur Roy 10
216 Flag Brown, Colin Peter 14
217 Flag Brown, Frederick Elliott 10
218 Flag Brown, Sydney MacGillvary 5
219 Flag Brown, William Henry 9
220 Flag Brownell, Raymond James 12
221 Flag Bruce-Norton, John 5
222 Flag Bruenig (Brünig), Helmut 7
223 Flag Brumowski, Godwin 35
224 Flag Bryson, Oliver Campbell 12
225 Flag Buchanan, Archibald 7
Total Records: 1865
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