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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
91 England Blackett, Basil John 5
92 Canada Blaiklock, George Walker 5
93 South Africa Blake, Arthur Winston 5
94 France Blanc, Georges Pierre 5
95 England Bland, William Harry 7
96 Australia Blaxland, Gregory Hamilton 9
97 England Blenkiron, Alfred Victor 5
98 Ireland Blennerhasset, Giles Noble 7
99 England Blizard, Charles Cecil 5
100 France Bloch, Marcel Robert Leopold 5
101 Germany Blume, Walter 28
102 Italy Bocchese, Aldo 6
103 Germany Boddien, Hans-Helmut von 5
104 Germany Boehme (Böhme), Erwin 24
105 Germany Boehning (Böhning), Hans 17
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