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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
1246 Flag Nel, William Joseph Baynes 7
1247 Flag Neuenhofen, Wilhelm 15
1248 Flag Neville, Roger Henry Gartside 5
1249 Flag Newland, Arthur 22
1250 Flag Newnham, Maurice Ashdown 18
1251 Flag Newsome, Thomas Henry 5
1252 Flag Nicelli, Giovanni 9
1253 Flag Niederhoff, Alfred 7
1254 Flag Niethammer, Werner 6
1255 Flag Nikitsch, Karl 6
1256 Flag Noble, Walter 12
1257 Flag Noel, Tom Cecil 24
1258 Flag Nogues, Marcel Joseph Maurice 13
1259 Flag Noltenius, Friedrich Theodor 21
1260 Flag Norton, Ernest William 9
Total Records: 1865
74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93
       
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