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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 Doran, Thomas Arthur 7
77 France Dorme, René Pierre Marie 23
78 Germany Dossenbach, Albert 15
79 Germany Dostler, Eduard Ritter von 26
80 France Douchy, Gustave 9
81 England Douglas, Percy 8
82 France Doumer, René 7
83 France Dousinelle, René Paul Louis 9
84 England Doyle, John Edgcumbe 9
85 England Draisey, Arthur Stuart 7
86 England Drake, Edward Barfort 5
87 England Draper, Christopher 9
88 Germany Drekmann, Heinrich 11
89 New Zealand Drewitt, Herbert Frank Stacey 7
90 Australia Drinkwater, Arthur Thomas 9
Records - 76 to 90 of 103
 
 
 
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