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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
1111 Flag Martin, T.W. 6
1112 Flag Martinengo, Federico 5
1113 Flag Marty, Alexandre Paul Leon Madeleine 7
1114 Flag Marwede, Hans Heinrich 5
1115 Flag Marwitz, Hans-Georg von der 15
1116 Flag Masding, Stanley Henry Percy 5
1117 Flag Masiero, Guido 5
1118 Flag Mason, Jack 5
1119 Flag Massenet-Royer De Marancour, Robert Leon Henri 8
1120 Flag Masters, Ernest Harold 8
1121 Flag Mather, Malcolm Brown 8
1122 Flag Matheson, William Drummond 5
1123 Flag Matthaei, Rudolf 10
1124 Flag Matton, Jean Georges Fernand 9
1125 Flag Maud, Charles Midgley 11
Total Records: 1865
65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84
       
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