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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
76 England Cole, Edwin Stuart Travis 8
77 USA Coler, Eugene Seeley 16
78 New Zealand Collett, Clive Franklyn 12
79 Germany Collin, Dieter 13
80 Scotland Collins, Lewis Isaac 5
81 England Collins, Valentine St. Barbe 10
82 Canada Collishaw, Raymond 60
83 England Colvill-Jones, Thomas 11
84 England Compston, Robert John Orton 25
85 Canada Compton, Harry Neville 5
86 France Condemine, Theophile Henri 9
87 England Conder, Reginald Edward 6
88 Australia Coningham, Arthur 14
89 Canada Conn, Kenneth Burns 20
90 USA Connelly, James Alexander 8
Records - 76 to 90 of 141
 
 
 
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