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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
166 Canada Brown, Frederick Elliott 10
167 USA Brown, Sydney MacGillvary 5
168 Canada Brown, William Henry 9
169 Australia Brownell, Raymond James 12
170 England Bruce-Norton, John 5
171 Germany Bruenig (Brünig), Helmut 7
172 Austro-Hungarian Empire Brumowski, Godwin 35
173 England Bryson, Oliver Campbell 12
174 USA Buchanan, Archibald 7
175 Germany Buckler, Julius 36
176 USA Buckley, Harold Robert 5
177 Germany Buddecke, Hans-Joachim 13
178 Germany Buder, Erich 12
179 Germany Buechner (Büchner), Franz 40
180 Germany Buehl (Bühl), Albin 6
Records - 166 to 180 of 198
 
 
 
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