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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
871 Flag Johns, Reginald Leach 9
872 Flag Johnsen, Olaus Charles Wilhelm 5
873 Flag Johnson, Frank 16
874 Flag Johnson, George Owen 11
875 Flag Johnston, Edgar Charles 20
876 Flag Johnston, Phillip Andrew 6
877 Flag Johnstone, Edward Grahame 17
878 Flag Jones, Albert Leslie 7
879 Flag Jones, Clinton Leonard 8
880 Flag Jones, George 7
881 Flag Jones, Hubert Wilson Godfrey 7
882 Flag Jones, James Ira Thomas 37
883 Flag Jones, John 15
884 Flag Jones, Norman Cyril 9
885 Flag Jones, Percy Griffith 5
Total Records: 1865
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