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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 De Cazenove De Pradines, Pierre Fortaner Paul 7
32 England De Fontenay, Philip August 5
33 France De Gaillard De la Valden, Jean Pierre Marie Joseph 5
34 France De Guingand, Gilbert Marie 8
35 France de la Tour, Mathieu Marie Joseph Antoine 9
36 France de Marmier, Lionel Alexandre Pierre 6
37 Belgium De Meulemeester, Andre 11
38 Canada De Pencier, John Dartnell 8
39 France de Rochechouart de Mortem, François 7
40 France de Rochefort, Noel Hugues Anne Louis 7
41 England De Roeper, Bruno Philip Henry 5
42 Russia De Seversky, Alexander 6
43 France De Sevin, Joseph Marie Xavier 12
44 France De Turenne, Armand Jean Galliot Joseph 15
45 England Debenham, Horace Gilbert Wanklyn 6
Records - 31 to 45 of 103
 
 
 
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