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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
1426 Flag Rhodes, Hervey 11
1427 Flag Rhys Davids, Arthur Percival Foley 25
1428 Flag Rice-Oxley, Alan 6
1429 Flag Richards, Cecil Roy 12
1430 Flag Richardson, Herbert Brian 15
1431 Flag Richardson, Lancelot Lytton 7
1432 Flag Richthofen, Lothar Ritter von 40
1433 Flag Richthofen, Manfred Albrecht Ritter von 80
1434 Flag Richthofen, Wolfram Freiherr von 8
1435 Flag Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon 26
1436 Flag Ridley, Cyril Burfield 11
1437 Flag Riemer, Claus 8
1438 Flag Rienau, Rudolf 6
1439 Flag Rigby, Harry Alexander 6
1440 Flag Riley, Alan Incell 5
Total Records: 1865
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