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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 Scotland Mather, Malcolm Brown 8
62 Canada Matheson, William Drummond 5
63 Germany Matthaei, Rudolf 10
64 France Matton, Jean Georges Fernand 9
65 England Maud, Charles Midgley 11
66 England Mauduit, Ronald Frank Strickland 9
67 England Maund, Hugh Bingham 8
68 France Maunoury, Ernest Joseph Jules 11
69 Germany Maushake, Heinrich 6
70 England Mawle, Norman William Reginald 12
71 England Maxted, William Henry 5
72 Scotland Maxwell, Gerald Joseph Constable 26
73 England Maxwell, Reginald Stuart 9
74 Canada May, Wilfrid Reid 13
75 Wales Maybery, Richard Aveline 21
Records - 61 to 75 of 170
 
 
 
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