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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 Germany Baldamus, Hartmuth 18
62 England Baldwin, Owen Morgan 16
63 England Balfour, Harold Harington 9
64 England Ball, Albert 44
65 Canada Banbury, Fred Everest 11
66 Austro-Hungarian Empire Banfield, Gottfried Freiherr von 9
67 England Banks, Charles Chaplin 13
68 New Zealand Bannerman, Ronald Burns 17
69 Italy Baracca, Francesco 34
70 Italy Baracchini, Flavio 21
71 France Barbaza, Yves Felix 5
72 South Africa Barbour, Robert Lyle McKendrick 6
73 France Barbreau, Paul Augustin Edouard 8
74 France Barcat, Andre Jean Louis 5
75 Australia Barkell, Thomas Henry 7
Records - 61 to 75 of 1865
 
 
 
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