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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
856 Flag Janzen, Johannes 13
857 Flag Jarvis, Arthur Eyguem De Montaigne 7
858 Flag Jarvis, Arthur Gordon 5
859 Flag Jarvis, Louis William 7
860 Flag Jeffs, Charles Hubert 5
861 Flag Jenkin, Louis Fleeming 22
862 Flag Jenkins, William Edwin 10
863 Flag Jenkins, William Stanley 12
864 Flag Jenks, Archie Nathaniel 7
865 Flag Jensen, Johannes 6
866 Flag Jentsch, Karl Friedrich Kurt 7
867 Flag Jerrard, Alan 7
868 Flag Jindra, Otto 9
869 Flag Joerke (Jörke), Reinhold 14
870 Flag Johns, Martin 7
Total Records: 1865
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