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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
1381 Flag Pullan, Hartley 5
1382 Flag Pulpe, Eduard 5
1383 Flag Purdom, Thomas Laurence 13
1384 Flag Purvis, W.C. 5
1385 Flag Putnam, David Endicott 13
1386 Flag Quandt, Theodor 15
1387 Flag Quested, John Bowley 8
1388 Flag Quette, Charles Alfred 10
1389 Flag Quigley, Frank Granger 33
1390 Flag Rae, Thomas Gillies 6
1391 Flag Raesch, Josef 7
1392 Flag Rahn, Arthur 6
1393 Flag Ralph, Francis James 13
1394 Flag Ralston, John Steel 12
1395 Flag Ralston, Orville Alfred 5
Total Records: 1865
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