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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
1411 Flag Reed, Valentine 9
1412 Flag Reed, William Ernest 9
1413 Flag Rees, Lionel Wilmot Brabazon 8
1414 Flag Reeves, Harry Gosford 13
1415 Flag Regnier, Emile Julien Mathurin 6
1416 Flag Regnier, Victor François Marie Alexis 5
1417 Flag Reid, Alec Stratford Cunningham 7
1418 Flag Reid, Ellis Vair 19
1419 Flag Reid, George Ranald MacFarlane 9
1420 Flag Reid, Guy Patrick Spence 5
1421 Flag Reimann, Leopold 5
1422 Flag Reinhard, Wilhelm 20
1423 Flag Rennella, Cosimo 7
1424 Flag Resch, Alessandro 5
1425 Flag Revol-Tissot, Charles Alfred 5
Total Records: 1865
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