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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
1156 Flag McKay, Alfred Edwin 10
1157 Flag McKeever, Andrew Edward 31
1158 Flag McKenzie, Robert William 6
1159 Flag McLaughlin, Robert 6
1160 Flag McMaking, Oscar Lennox 6
1161 Flag McNaughton, Norman George 5
1162 Flag McNeaney, John Harry 5
1163 Flag McQuistan, Finlay 11
1164 Flag McRae, Russell Fern 5
1165 Flag McRobert, Leslie Harrison 6
1166 Flag Mealing, Maurice Edmund 14
1167 Flag Mecozzi, Amedeo 5
1168 Flag Medlicott, Harold William 5
1169 Flag Meek, Earl Stanley 6
1170 Flag Meggitt, William Geoffrey 6
Total Records: 1865
68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87
       
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