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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
481 Flag Drummond, John Elmer 6
482 Flag Drummond, Roy Maxwell 8
483 Flag DuBois d'Aische, Adolphe 6
484 Flag Dubois de Gennes, Jean Charles Augustin 5
485 Flag Dubonnet, André 6
486 Flag Ducornet, Pierre Desire Augustin 7
487 Flag Dufaur De Gavardie, Pierre Henri Edmond 6
488 Flag Duffus, Chester Stairs 5
489 Flag Duncan, Gordon Metcalfe 8
490 Flag Duncan, William James Arthur 11
491 Flag Durrand, William 8
492 Flag Durrant, Trevor 11
493 Flag Dyke, William Norman 5
494 Flag Easterbrook, Arthur Edmond 5
495 Flag Easton, Harold Edwin 8
Total Records: 1865
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