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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
1471 Flag Ross, Charles Gordon 20
1472 Flag Rothe, Richard Paul 5
1473 Flag Roulstone, Alexander 8
1474 Flag Rousseaux, Achille Justin Ernest 6
1475 Flag Rousselle, Maurice Albert 5
1476 Flag Rowley, Herbert Victor 9
1477 Flag Roxburgh-Smith, Benjamin 22
1478 Flag Roy, Indra Lal 10
1479 Flag Ruamps, Laurent Baptisti 10
1480 Flag Rudkin, John 10
1481 Flag Rudorfer, Franz 11
1482 Flag Ruebe (Rübe), Richard 5
1483 Flag Ruffo di Calabria, Fulco 20
1484 Flag Rumey, Fritz 45
1485 Flag Rummell, Leslie Jacob 7
Total Records: 1865
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