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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
406 Flag Davies, Clive William 5
407 Flag Davies, Douglas Arthur 10
408 Flag Davies, Edgar George 10
409 Flag Davies, Ernest Edgar 7
410 Flag Davies, Francis James 12
411 Flag Davies, Llewelyn Crichton 5
412 Flag Davis, Ernest Francis Hartley 7
413 Flag Davison, Hiram Franklin 11
414 Flag Dawe, James Jeffery 8
415 Flag Dawes, Richard Jeffries 9
416 Flag Day, Harold 11
417 Flag Day, Miles Jeffrey Game 5
418 Flag De Boigne, François Eugene Marie Antoin 6
419 Flag De Bonald, Honore Marie Joseph Leon Guillaume 5
420 Flag De Bonnefoy, Joseph Denis Bernard Robert 6
Total Records: 1865
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