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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
661 Flag Greim, Robert Ritter von 28
662 Flag Grenfell, Eustace Osborne 8
663 Flag Grey, Charles Gossage 5
664 Flag Gribben, Edward 5
665 Flag Griffith, Hugh Bradford 5
666 Flag Griffith, John Sharpe 7
667 Flag Grinnell-Milne, Duncan William 6
668 Flag Groom, Victor Emmanuel 8
669 Flag Groos, Gisbert-Wilhelm 7
670 Flag Gros, Louis Prosper 9
671 Flag Grossart, William 5
672 Flag Grosvenor, Robert Arthur 16
673 Flag Gruber, Kurt 11
674 Flag Guerin (Guérin), Gabriel Fernand Charles 23
675 Flag Guerrier, François 5
Total Records: 1865
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