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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
46 England Child, Jack Escott 5
47 England Child, James Martin 8
48 England Chiltern, Thomas Sydney 6
49 Italy Chiri, Antonio 6
50 England Chisam, William Hargrove 7
51 Germany Christ, Karl 5
52 Canada Christian, Leonard Arthur 9
53 Germany Christiansen, Friedrich 13
54 Canada Clappison, Henry Gordon 6
55 Australia Clark, Alexander Goodlet 5
56 England Clark, Cecil Christian 10
57 England Clarke, Edward Denman 6
58 England Clarke, William Henry 5
59 Germany Classen, Friedrich 11
60 Canada Claxton, William Gordon 37
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