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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 Banks, Charles Chaplin 13
17 New Zealand Bannerman, Ronald Burns 17
18 Italy Baracca, Francesco 34
19 Italy Baracchini, Flavio 21
20 France Barbaza, Yves Felix 5
21 South Africa Barbour, Robert Lyle McKendrick 6
22 France Barbreau, Paul Augustin Edouard 8
23 France Barcat, Andre Jean Louis 5
24 Australia Barkell, Thomas Henry 7
25 Canada Barker, William George 50
26 England Barlow, John Lancashire 6
27 England Barlow, Leonard Monteagle 20
28 Germany Barnekow, Raven Freiherr von 11
29 England Barnes, William Thomas 9
30 France Barny De Romanet, Bernard Henri 18
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