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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 USA Clay, Henry Robinson 8
62 England Claydon, Arthur 7
63 England Claye, Hugh 11
64 England Clayson, Percy Jack 29
65 England Clear, Edwin Arnold 12
66 Canada Clement, Carleton Main 14
67 England Clements, Harris George 6
68 France Coadou, Arthur Marie Marcel 9
69 England Coath, Robert David 8
70 Australia Cobby, Arthur Henry 29
71 England Cock, Geoffrey Hornblower 13
72 England Cockerell, Stanley 7
73 France Coiffard, Michel Joseph Callixte Marie 34
74 England Colbert, John Henry 6
75 Australia Cole, Adrian Trevor 10
Records - 61 to 75 of 141
 
 
 
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