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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
436 Flag Degelow, Carl 30
437 Flag Dehmisch (Demisch), Martin 10
438 Flag Deighton, Ernest Arthur 15
439 Flag Deilmann, Karl 6
440 Flag Del'Haye, Roger Amedee 9
441 Flag Delage, Pierre 7
442 Flag Delannoy, Robert Joseph 7
443 Flag Delling, August 5
444 Flag Delorme, Andre Jean 5
445 Flag Delzenne, François Paul 7
446 Flag Demeuldre, Omer Paul 13
447 Flag Dennett, Pruett Mullens 10
448 Flag Derode, Jean Marie Emile 7
449 Flag Deullin, Albert Louis 20
450 Flag Dewhirst, James Henry 7
Total Records: 1865
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