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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
586 Flag Gamon, John 7
587 Flag Gandert, Hans-Eberhardt 8
588 Flag Garaud, Hector Eugene Joseph 13
589 Flag Gardiner, George Cecil 6
590 Flag Gardner, Cecil Vernon 10
591 Flag Garsztka, Mieczyslaw Sylwester 6
592 Flag Gascoyne, James Victor 5
593 Flag Gass, Charles George 39
594 Flag Gasser, Lucien Marcel 10
595 Flag Gastin, Paul Adrien 6
596 Flag Gates, George Brian 15
597 Flag Gaudermen, Pierre Gustave 5
598 Flag Gauld, George William Gladstone 5
599 Flag Geigl, Heinrich 13
600 Flag George, Harold Huston 5
Total Records: 1865
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