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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
91 Flag Baylies, Frank Leaman 12
92 Flag Beales, Walter 9
93 Flag Beamish, Harold Francis 11
94 Flag Beane, James Dudley 6
95 Flag Beanlands, Bernard Paul Gascoigne 9
96 Flag Beard, Donald Wainwright 8
97 Flag Beauchamp-Proctor, Andrew Frederick Weatherby 54
98 Flag Beaulieu-Marconnay, Olivier Freiherr von 25
99 Flag Beaver, Wilfred 19
100 Flag Beck, Alexander 11
101 Flag Becker, Hermann 23
102 Flag Beckmann, Ludwig 8
103 Flag Beddow, Herbert Howell 10
104 Flag Bedendo, Sebastiano 5
105 Flag Belgrave, James Dacres 18
Total Records: 1865
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