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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 USA Cook, Everett Richard 5
92 USA Cook, Harvey Weir 7
93 England Cooke, Douglas Graham 13
94 USA Coolidge, Hamilton 8
95 England Coombe, James George 8
96 England Coombes, Lawrence Percival 15
97 England Cooper, Arthur Cyril 7
98 England Cooper, Arthur Gabbettis 7
99 England Cooper, Gerald Kempster 6
100 Ireland Cooper, Maurice Lea 6
101 USA Cooper, Norman 6
102 Belgium Coppens de Houthulst, Willy Omer François Jean 37
103 Canada Corey, Irving Banfield 6
104 Italy Costantini, Bartolomeo 6
105 France Costes, Dieudonné 8
Records - 91 to 105 of 141
 
 
 
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