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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
1351 Flag Platel, Sidney Henri 5
1352 Flag Plauth, Karl 17
1353 Flag Plessis, Constant Emmanuel 6
1354 Flag Poeschke, Friedrich 8
1355 Flag Ponder, William Thomas 6
1356 Flag Poole, George Ramsden 5
1357 Flag Pope, Sydney Leo George 6
1358 Flag Porter, Kenneth Lee 5
1359 Flag Portron, François 5
1360 Flag Poss, Reinhold 11
1361 Flag Potter, Frank 7
1362 Flag Poupon, Roger 8
1363 Flag Powell, Frederick James 6
1364 Flag Powell, Leslie Archibald 19
1365 Flag Pratt, Harold Johnstone 5
Total Records: 1865
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