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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 Ponder, William Thomas 6
62 England Poole, George Ramsden 5
63 Ireland Pope, Sydney Leo George 6
64 USA Porter, Kenneth Lee 5
65 France Portron, François 5
66 Germany Poss, Reinhold 11
67 England Potter, Frank 7
68 France Poupon, Roger 8
69 England Powell, Frederick James 6
70 England Powell, Leslie Archibald 19
71 England Pratt, Harold Johnstone 5
72 England Pratt, Stuart Harvey 7
73 Germany Pressentin von Rautter, Viktor von 15
74 England Preston, John Carbery 7
75 Germany Preuss, Werner 22
Records - 61 to 75 of 91
 
 
 
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