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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
1171 Flag Meinecke, Emil 6
1172 Flag Meintjes, Henry 8
1173 Flag Meissner, James Armand 8
1174 Flag Mellersh, Francis John Williamson 5
1175 Flag Mellings, Harold Thomas 15
1176 Flag Menckhoff, Karl 39
1177 Flag Mendel, Karl 7
1178 Flag Menendez, Frank Tremar Sibly 6
1179 Flag Merchant, Alexander Walker 8
1180 Flag Merritt, Horace Ernest 9
1181 Flag Mesch, Christian 13
1182 Flag Mettlich, Konrad 6
1183 Flag Meyer, Erich 5
1184 Flag Meyer, Georg 24
1185 Flag Meyer, Karl 8
Total Records: 1865
69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88
       
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