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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 Germany Bartels, Bernard 5
32 England Bartlett, Charles Philip Oldfield 8
33 South Africa Barton, Horace Dale 19
34 Germany Bassenge, Gerhard 7
35 England Bateman, John Conrade 7
36 France Battesti, François Marie Noel 7
37 Germany Baur, Johann 6
38 France Baux, Auguste 5
39 Canada Bawlf, Louis Drummond 5
40 USA Baylies, Frank Leaman 12
41 England Beales, Walter 9
42 New Zealand Beamish, Harold Francis 11
43 USA Beane, James Dudley 6
44 Canada Beanlands, Bernard Paul Gascoigne 9
45 England Beard, Donald Wainwright 8
Records - 31 to 45 of 198
 
 
 
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