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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 Orlebar, Augustus Henry 7
17 Russia Orlov, Ivan 5
18 Canada Orr, Osborne John 5
19 France Ortoli, Jacques Toussaint François 11
20 Germany Osten, Hans-Georg von der 5
21 Germany Osterkamp, Theodor 32
22 Germany Osterroht, Paul von 7
23 Germany Otto, Rudolf 6
24 England Owen, Ernest Edward 6
25 England Owen, Hugh Leslie 7
26 Wales Owen, Robert Johnstone 7
27 USA Owens, John Sidney 5
28 Wales Owens, William Arthur 5
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