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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
676 Flag Guertiau, Julien Anatole 8
677 Flag Guettler (Güttler), Wolfgang 8
678 Flag Guiguet, Joseph-Henri 5
679 Flag Gurdon, John Everard 28
680 Flag Gussmann, Siegfried 5
681 Flag Guthrie, Murray Kenneth 6
682 Flag Gutknecht, Adolf 8
683 Flag Guynemer, Georges Marie Ludovic Jules 53
684 Flag Guyou, Fernand Eugene 12
685 Flag Haase, Heinrich 6
686 Flag Haber, Kurt 5
687 Flag Habich, Hermann 7
688 Flag Hackwill, George Henry 9
689 Flag Haebler (Häbler), Hans von 8
690 Flag Haegelen, Claude Marcel 23
Total Records: 1865
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