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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
421 Flag De Cazenove De Pradines, Pierre Fortaner Paul 7
422 Flag De Fontenay, Philip August 5
423 Flag De Gaillard De la Valden, Jean Pierre Marie Joseph 5
424 Flag De Guingand, Gilbert Marie 8
425 Flag de la Tour, Mathieu Marie Joseph Antoine 9
426 Flag de Marmier, Lionel Alexandre Pierre 6
427 Flag De Meulemeester, Andre 11
428 Flag De Pencier, John Dartnell 8
429 Flag de Rochechouart de Mortem, François 7
430 Flag de Rochefort, Noel Hugues Anne Louis 7
431 Flag De Roeper, Bruno Philip Henry 5
432 Flag De Seversky, Alexander 6
433 Flag De Sevin, Joseph Marie Xavier 12
434 Flag De Turenne, Armand Jean Galliot Joseph 15
435 Flag Debenham, Horace Gilbert Wanklyn 6
Total Records: 1865
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