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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
31 Flag Armstrong, D'Urban Victor 5
32 Flag Armstrong, Frederick Carr 13
33 Flag Arnison, Charles Henry 9
34 Flag Arnold, Anthony Rex 5
35 Flag Arnold, Karl 6
36 Flag Arnoux, Maurice 5
37 Flag Arntzen, Heinrich 11
38 Flag Arpheuil, Jean Henry Maurice 5
39 Flag Artigau, Bernard 12
40 Flag Asbury, Edward Dannett 5
41 Flag Ashfield, Lionel Arthur 5
42 Flag Aspinall, John Vincent 6
43 Flag Atkey, Alfred Clayburn 38
44 Flag Atkinson, Edward Dawson 10
45 Flag Atkinson, Rupert Norman Gould 5
Total Records: 1865
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