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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 Canada Whitney, Robert Kenneth 5
62 Germany Wiehle, Ernst 6
63 Germany Wiessner, Ernst 5
64 England Wilkins, Frank Stafford 5
65 England Wilkinson, Alan Machin 19
66 England Williams, Edward George Herbert Caradoc 5
67 England Williams, Francis Jefferies 5
68 England Williams, Percy Stanley 7
69 Canada Williams, Thomas Frederic 14
70 England Williams, Thomas Melling 9
71 England Williamson, Alec 9
72 Wales Wilson, Cecil Frederick Charles 5
73 Canada Wilson, Claude Melnot 8
74 England Wilson, Percy 7
75 England Wilton, Frederick Charles 6
Records - 61 to 75 of 95
 
 
 
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