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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 Jenkin, Louis Fleeming 22
17 England Jenkins, William Edwin 10
18 Canada Jenkins, William Stanley 12
19 Canada Jenks, Archie Nathaniel 7
20 Germany Jensen, Johannes 6
21 Germany Jentsch, Karl Friedrich Kurt 7
22 England Jerrard, Alan 7
23 Austro-Hungarian Empire Jindra, Otto 9
24 Germany Joerke (Jörke), Reinhold 14
25 Germany Johns, Martin 7
26 England Johns, Reginald Leach 9
27 England Johnsen, Olaus Charles Wilhelm 5
28 England Johnson, Frank 16
29 Canada Johnson, George Owen 11
30 Australia Johnston, Edgar Charles 20
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