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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
121 Flag Berr, Hans 10
122 Flag Berthelot, Armond Jean 11
123 Flag Berthold, Rudolph 44
124 Flag Bertrab, Joachim von 5
125 Flag Besel, Rudolf 5
126 Flag Bethge, Hans 20
127 Flag Betts, Eric Bourne Coulter 6
128 Flag Biddle, Charles John 7
129 Flag Bieleit, Otto 5
130 Flag Billik, Paul 31
131 Flag Billinge, Frank 5
132 Flag Binnie, James Alexander Weatherhead 9
133 Flag Birkbeck, Robert Alexander 10
134 Flag Birks, Gerald Alfred 12
135 Flag Birmingham, Thomas James 7
Total Records: 1865
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