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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
886 Flag Jones, William 6
887 Flag Jones-Williams, Arthur Gordon 11
888 Flag Jordan, William Lancelot 39
889 Flag Joseph, Solomon Clifford 13
890 Flag Joslyn, Harold Waddell 7
891 Flag Joy, Ernest Graham 8
892 Flag Juhnke, Hermann 5
893 Flag Junck, Werner 5
894 Flag Junor, Kenneth William 8
895 Flag Just, Erich 6
896 Flag Kahle, Willy 6
897 Flag Kahlow, Max 6
898 Flag Kairies, Christian 7
899 Flag Kampe, Willi 8
900 Flag Kasza, Alexander 6
Total Records: 1865
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