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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
751 Flag Hemer, Franz 18
752 Flag Hemming, Alfred Stewart 8
753 Flag Hemming, Geoffrey William 6
754 Flag Henderson, Ian Henry David 7
755 Flag Hengl, Georg Ritter von 7
756 Flag Hengst, Friedrich 5
757 Flag Henkel, Heinrich 8
758 Flag Hennrich, Oskar 20
759 Flag Henriot, Marcel Laurent 6
760 Flag Hepburn, Allan 16
761 Flag Herbelin, Andre René Celestin 11
762 Flag Herisson, William Louis Max 11
763 Flag Heron, Oscar Aloysius Patrick 13
764 Flag Herring, Robert Samuel 5
765 Flag Hess, Ernst 17
Total Records: 1865
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