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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
451 Flag Dhome (Dhôme), Marcel Marc 9
452 Flag Dickson, Euan 14
453 Flag Dietlen, Albert 9
454 Flag Digby-Worsley, Bruce 16
455 Flag Dilthey, Helmut 7
456 Flag Dixon, George Clapham 9
457 Flag Dobberke, Günther 8
458 Flag Dodds, Robert 10
459 Flag Dodds, Roy Edward 7
460 Flag Doering (Döring), Kurt-Bertram von 11
461 Flag Doerr (Dörr), Gustav 35
462 Flag Dolan, Henry Eric 7
463 Flag Dombrowski, Andreas 6
464 Flag Donaldson, John Owen 7
465 Flag Donhauser, Christian 19
Total Records: 1865
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