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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
1441 Flag Riley, George Raby 13
1442 Flag Risacher, Louis 5
1443 Flag Risztics, Johann 7
1444 Flag Ritscherle, Karl 8
1445 Flag Riva, Antonio 7
1446 Flag Rizzotto, Cosimo 6
1447 Flag Robb, James Milne 7
1448 Flag Robert, Maurice Joseph Emile 5
1449 Flag Roberts, Norman 5
1450 Flag Robertson, John Henry 5
1451 Flag Robertson, Wendel Archibald 7
1452 Flag Robinson, Charles Victor 7
1453 Flag Robinson, Harry Noel Cornforth 10
1454 Flag Robson, Charles Crichton 8
1455 Flag Rochford, Leonard Henry 29
Total Records: 1865
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