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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
736 Flag Hay, Hugh Allport 5
737 Flag Hay, Roger Bolton 5
738 Flag Hay De Slade, Henri Joseph Marie 19
739 Flag Hayne, Edwin Tufnell 15
740 Flag Hays, Frank Kerr 6
741 Flag Hayward, George Searle Lomax 24
742 Flag Hazell, Tom Falcon 43
743 Flag Headlam, Eustace Slade 5
744 Flag Healy, James Andrew 5
745 Flag Hedley, John Herbert 11
746 Flag Hefty, Friedrich 5
747 Flag Hegarty, Herbert George 8
748 Flag Heibert, Robert 13
749 Flag Heinrich, Bertram 12
750 Flag Heldmann, Alois 15
Total Records: 1865
40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59
       
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