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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 Germany Thiede, Fritz 8
17 Belgium Thieffry, Edmond 10
18 Germany Thoene (Thöne), Wilhelm 6
19 Germany Thom, Karl 27
20 Germany Thomas, Erik 10
21 France Thomas, Gabriel Joseph 7
22 England Thomas, Meredith 5
23 South Africa Thompson, Cecil Robert 6
24 England Thompson, Chester William McKinley 12
25 Australia Thompson, Claude Robert James 6
26 Canada Thompson, Louis Mark 9
27 England Thompson, Samuel Frederick Henry 30
28 Canada Thomson, George 14
29 Scotland Thomson, George Edwin 21
30 Canada Thomson, William McKenzie 26
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