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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 Ireland Betts, Eric Bourne Coulter 6
77 USA Biddle, Charles John 7
78 Germany Bieleit, Otto 5
79 Germany Billik, Paul 31
80 England Billinge, Frank 5
81 Scotland Binnie, James Alexander Weatherhead 9
82 Scotland Birkbeck, Robert Alexander 10
83 Canada Birks, Gerald Alfred 12
84 Canada Birmingham, Thomas James 7
85 Canada Bishop, William Avery 72
86 USA Bissell, Clayton Lawrence 6
87 USA Bissonette, Charles Arthur 6
88 England Biziou, Henry Arthur Richard 8
89 France Bizot, Maurice 10
90 Germany Blaas, Eduard 5
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