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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
226 Flag Buckler, Julius 36
227 Flag Buckley, Harold Robert 5
228 Flag Buddecke, Hans-Joachim 13
229 Flag Buder, Erich 12
230 Flag Buechner (Büchner), Franz 40
231 Flag Buehl (Bühl), Albin 6
232 Flag Buelow-Bothkamp (Bülow-Bothkamp), Harry von 6
233 Flag Buelow-Bothkamp (Bülow-Bothkamp), Walter von 28
234 Flag Buettner (Büttner), Siegfried 13
235 Flag Buisson, Alexandre 5
236 Flag Bulmer, George William 9
237 Flag Bunting, Stanton William 7
238 Flag Burbidge, Leslie Williams 6
239 Flag Burckhardt, Friedrich-Karl 5
240 Flag Burden, Henry John 16
Total Records: 1865
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