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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
1276 Flag Olieslagers, Jan 6
1277 Flag Olivari, Luigi 8
1278 Flag Oliver, Thomas Alfred 5
1279 Flag Olivi, Luigi 6
1280 Flag Olivier, Eric 8
1281 Flag Olley, Gordon Percy 10
1282 Flag Orlebar, Augustus Henry 7
1283 Flag Orlov, Ivan 5
1284 Flag Orr, Osborne John 5
1285 Flag Ortoli, Jacques Toussaint François 11
1286 Flag Osten, Hans-Georg von der 5
1287 Flag Osterkamp, Theodor 32
1288 Flag Osterroht, Paul von 7
1289 Flag Otto, Rudolf 6
1290 Flag Owen, Ernest Edward 6
Total Records: 1865
76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95
       
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