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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
121 England Boothroyd, Clement Graham 12
122 Germany Borm, Gustav 5
123 Germany Bormann, Ernst 16
124 France Borzecki, Charles Alexandre Bronislas 5
125 France Bosson, André Louis 7
126 England Bott, Alan John 5
127 Canada Bottrill, William Eric 5
128 England Boulton, Nicholson Stewart 6
129 England Boulton, Percy 6
130 France Bourjade, Léon Jean Pierre 28
131 France Bouyer, Jean Georges 11
132 England Bowles, Francis Stephen 5
133 England Bowman, Clifford 6
134 England Bowman, Geoffrey Hilton 32
135 Germany Bowski, Hans 5
Records - 121 to 135 of 198
 
 
 
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