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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 South Africa Armstrong, D'Urban Victor 5
32 Canada Armstrong, Frederick Carr 13
33 England Arnison, Charles Henry 9
34 England Arnold, Anthony Rex 5
35 Germany Arnold, Karl 6
36 France Arnoux, Maurice 5
37 Germany Arntzen, Heinrich 11
38 France Arpheuil, Jean Henry Maurice 5
39 France Artigau, Bernard 12
40 England Asbury, Edward Dannett 5
41 England Ashfield, Lionel Arthur 5
42 England Aspinall, John Vincent 6
43 Canada Atkey, Alfred Clayburn 38
44 Ireland Atkinson, Edward Dawson 10
45 England Atkinson, Rupert Norman Gould 5
Records - 31 to 45 of 51
 
 
 
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