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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
1336 Flag Piccio, Pier 25
1337 Flag Pickthorn, Charles Edward Murray 5
1338 Flag Pidcock, Geoffrey Arthur Henzell 6
1339 Flag Piechulek, Franz 14
1340 Flag Pierce, Edmund 9
1341 Flag Pierozzi, Orazio 7
1342 Flag Pilditch, Gerald 5
1343 Flag Pillon, Edmond Jacques Marcel 8
1344 Flag Pinder, John William 17
1345 Flag Pineau, Cleo Francis 6
1346 Flag Pinsard, Armand 27
1347 Flag Pippart, Hans Martin 22
1348 Flag Pishvanov, Alexander 5
1349 Flag Pithey, Croye Rothes 10
1350 Flag Plange, Richard 7
Total Records: 1865
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