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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
16 England Gates, George Brian 15
17 France Gaudermen, Pierre Gustave 5
18 Canada Gauld, George William Gladstone 5
19 Germany Geigl, Heinrich 13
20 USA George, Harold Huston 5
21 France Gerard, Jacques 8
22 Ireland Gerrard, Thomas Francis Netterville 10
23 England Gibbons, Frank George 14
24 England Gibbons, George Everard 17
25 England Gibbs, Frederick John 11
26 England Gibbs, Gerald Ernest 10
27 England Gifford, Rupert Cyril D'Arcy 6
28 France Gilbert, Eugene 5
29 England Gilbertson, Dennis Henry Stacey 5
30 Germany Gildemeister, Johannes 5
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