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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
1 USA d'Olive, Charles Rudolph 5
2 Germany Dahlmann, Theodor 7
3 France Daladier, Gustave Victorin 12
4 England Daley, John Albert Edward Robertson 6
5 Australia Dallas, Roderic Stanley 32
6 Australia Dalrymple, Sydney 5
7 England Daly, Rowan Heywood 7
8 England Dance, Charles Cannon 6
9 South Africa Daniel, Hector 9
10 Germany Dannhuber, Xavier 11
11 England Darby, Edward 6
12 England Darvill, George William Francis 9
13 England Darwin, Charles John Wharton 5
14 England Davey, Horace Balfour 6
15 Scotland Davidson, Charles Robert 6
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