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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
61 England Benbow, Edwin Louis 8
62 England Benger, William Joseph 5
63 South Africa Benjamin, Maurice Arthur 8
64 USA Bennett, Louis 12
65 England Bennett, Rex George 9
66 England Bennett, Risdon MacKenzie 5
67 Germany Benzler, Arno 9
68 England Berlyn, Ronald Cory 5
69 Germany Bernert, Otto 27
70 Germany Berr, Hans 10
71 France Berthelot, Armond Jean 11
72 Germany Berthold, Rudolph 44
73 Germany Bertrab, Joachim von 5
74 Germany Besel, Rudolf 5
75 Germany Bethge, Hans 20
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