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