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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
511 Flag Elliott, William Boyd 5
512 Flag Ellis, Herbert Edward Oscar 7
513 Flag Ellis, Sidney Emerson 5
514 Flag Ellwood, Aubrey Beauclerk 10
515 Flag Elton, Ernest John 16
516 Flag Emsden, Leonard Herbert 8
517 Flag Engelfried, Karl 6
518 Flag Enstone, Albert James 15
519 Flag Erwin, William Portwood 8
520 Flag Eschwege, Rudolph von 20
521 Flag Esswein, Otto 12
522 Flag Evans, Dudley Lloyd 8
523 Flag Evans, Henry Cope 5
524 Flag Ewers, Walter 8
525 Flag Eycott-Martin, Harold Ross 8
Total Records: 1865
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