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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
1321 Flag Pendaries, Pierre 7
1322 Flag Pennell, Edward Robert 5
1323 Flag Pentland, Alexander Augustus Norman Dudley 23
1324 Flag Peronneau (Péronneau), Henri Albert 9
1325 Flag Pessi, Giorgio 6
1326 Flag Peter, Franz 6
1327 Flag Peters, George Clifton 7
1328 Flag Peterson, David McKelvey 5
1329 Flag Petit, Paul Armand 7
1330 Flag Petit-Delchet, Andre Marie Paul 5
1331 Flag Peverell, Edmund Heaton 5
1332 Flag Pezon, Jean Andre 10
1333 Flag Pfeiffer, Hermann 11
1334 Flag Phillipps, Roy Cecil 15
1335 Flag Phillips, Alan MacMillan 6
Total Records: 1865
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