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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 Candy, John Geoffrey Sadler 6
17 England Capel, Leslie Howard Tandy 7
18 England Carbery, Douglas Hugh Moffatt 6
19 France Cardon, Pierre Marie Joseph 5
20 Scotland Carlaw, Walter MacFarlane 12
21 England Carlin, Sydney 10
22 Wales Carpenter, Peter 24
23 Canada Carter, Albert Desbrisay 28
24 Canada Carter, Alfred Williams 17
25 France Casale, Jean Pie Hyacinthe Paul Jerome 13
26 Ireland Casey, Francis Dominic 9
27 USA Cassady, Thomas Gantz 9
28 USA Catto, Charles Gray 6
29 France Cayol, Lucien Eugene 5
30 Italy Cerutti, Marziale 17
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