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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
31 France Chabrier, Albert René 6
32 Canada Chadwick, Arnold Jacques 11
33 France Chainat, André Julien 11
34 Scotland Chalmers, Robert 6
35 England Chambers, Percival Vernon Godfrey 12
36 USA Chambers, Reed McKinley 7
37 England Chandler, Robert North 7
38 England Chapman, Charles Meredith Bouverie 7
39 England Chappell, Roy Williamson 11
40 France Chaput, Jean 16
41 England Charley, Reginald Morse 6
42 France Chartoire, Louis-Antoine 5
43 France Chavannes, Fernand Henri 7
44 Wales Chick, John Stanley 16
45 Wales Chidlaw-Roberts, Robert Leslie 10
Records - 31 to 45 of 141
 
 
 
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