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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
151 Germany Bretschneider-Bodemer, Moritz-Waldemar 6
152 Australia Brewster-Joske, Clive Alexander 8
153 England Bridgeman, Orlando Clive 5
154 England Britnell, Frederick John Shaw 9
155 England Britton, Arthur Frederick 6
156 England Broadberry, Edric William 8
157 Canada Brock, Cecil Guelph 7
158 Canada Bromley, Edwin Claude 12
159 England Brooke, George Ai 7
160 England Brookes, Eric Guy 6
161 USA Brooks, Arthur Raymond 6
162 England Brown, Alfred John 8
163 Australia Brown, Allan Runcieman 5
164 Canada Brown, Arthur Roy 10
165 Scotland Brown, Colin Peter 14
Records - 151 to 165 of 198
 
 
 
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