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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 Raymond-Barker, Richard 6
17 England Rayner, John William 5
18 Italy Reali, Antonio 11
19 England Redgate, Oliver William 16
20 England Redler, Harold Bolton 10
21 South Africa Reed, Arthur Eden 19
22 England Reed, Valentine 9
23 England Reed, William Ernest 9
24 Wales Rees, Lionel Wilmot Brabazon 8
25 England Reeves, Harry Gosford 13
26 France Regnier, Emile Julien Mathurin 6
27 France Regnier, Victor François Marie Alexis 5
28 England Reid, Alec Stratford Cunningham 7
29 Canada Reid, Ellis Vair 19
30 Scotland Reid, George Ranald MacFarlane 9
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