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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
646 Flag Goulding, Acheson Gosford 9
647 Flag Graeser (Gräser), Franz 18
648 Flag Graham, Gray Gavin Lynedoch 13
649 Flag Graham, Ronald 5
650 Flag Grange, Edward Rochfort 5
651 Flag Grant, James 8
652 Flag Grant, Walter Irving Newby 7
653 Flag Grassmann, Justus 10
654 Flag Gray, William Edrington 7
655 Flag Green, Charles Duncan Bremner 11
656 Flag Green, Gilbert Ware Murlis 9
657 Flag Green, James Hubert Ronald 6
658 Flag Green, Wilfrid Barratt 7
659 Flag Green, William Edward 9
660 Flag Greene, John Edmund 15
Total Records: 1865
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