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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 Germany Degelow, Carl 30
47 Germany Dehmisch (Demisch), Martin 10
48 England Deighton, Ernest Arthur 15
49 Germany Deilmann, Karl 6
50 Canada Del'Haye, Roger Amedee 9
51 France Delage, Pierre 7
52 France Delannoy, Robert Joseph 7
53 Germany Delling, August 5
54 France Delorme, Andre Jean 5
55 France Delzenne, François Paul 7
56 France Demeuldre, Omer Paul 13
57 England Dennett, Pruett Mullens 10
58 France Derode, Jean Marie Emile 7
59 France Deullin, Albert Louis 20
60 England Dewhirst, James Henry 7
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