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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 Dickson, Euan 14
62 Germany Dietlen, Albert 9
63 England Digby-Worsley, Bruce 16
64 Germany Dilthey, Helmut 7
65 Canada Dixon, George Clapham 9
66 Germany Dobberke, Günther 8
67 Canada Dodds, Robert 10
68 USA Dodds, Roy Edward 7
69 Germany Doering (Döring), Kurt-Bertram von 11
70 Germany Doerr (Dörr), Gustav 35
71 England Dolan, Henry Eric 7
72 Austro-Hungarian Empire Dombrowski, Andreas 6
73 USA Donaldson, John Owen 7
74 Germany Donhauser, Christian 19
75 England Doran, Thomas Arthur 7
Records - 61 to 75 of 102
 
 
 
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