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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
1456 Flag Rodde, Paul Georges Alexandre 5
1457 Flag Rodlauer, Alois 5
1458 Flag Roeth (Röth), Friedrich Ritter von 28
1459 Flag Rogers, Bogart 6
1460 Flag Rogers, William Wendell 9
1461 Flag Rolfes, Hans Joachim 17
1462 Flag Romatet, Jean Charles 7
1463 Flag Rooper, William Victor Trevor 8
1464 Flag Roques, Jacques Raphaël 5
1465 Flag Rose, Oren John 16
1466 Flag Rose, Thomas 11
1467 Flag Rosencrantz, Hans 5
1468 Flag Rosenfeld, Otto 13
1469 Flag Rosenstein, Willi 9
1470 Flag Rosevear, Stanley Wallace 25
Total Records: 1865
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