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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 France Dhome (DhĂ´me), Marcel Marc 9
62 England Dickson, Euan 14
63 Germany Dietlen, Albert 9
64 England Digby-Worsley, Bruce 16
65 Germany Dilthey, Helmut 7
66 Canada Dixon, George Clapham 9
67 Germany Dobberke, Günther 8
68 Canada Dodds, Robert 10
69 USA Dodds, Roy Edward 7
70 Germany Doering (Döring), Kurt-Bertram von 11
71 Germany Doerr (Dörr), Gustav 35
72 England Dolan, Henry Eric 7
73 Austro-Hungarian Empire Dombrowski, Andreas 6
74 USA Donaldson, John Owen 7
75 Germany Donhauser, Christian 19
Records - 61 to 75 of 103
 
 
 
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