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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
601 Flag Gerard, Jacques 8
602 Flag Gerrard, Thomas Francis Netterville 10
603 Flag Gibbons, Frank George 14
604 Flag Gibbons, George Everard 17
605 Flag Gibbs, Frederick John 11
606 Flag Gibbs, Gerald Ernest 10
607 Flag Gifford, Rupert Cyril D'Arcy 6
608 Flag Gilbert, Eugene 5
609 Flag Gilbertson, Dennis Henry Stacey 5
610 Flag Gildemeister, Johannes 5
611 Flag Giles, Wilfred Bertie 5
612 Flag Gillanders, John Gordon 5
613 Flag Gille, Friedrich 6
614 Flag Gillespie, William John 5
615 Flag Gillet, Francis Warrington 20
Total Records: 1865
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