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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 Critchley, Roland 7
122 Scotland Crole, Gerard Bruce 5
123 Canada Crompton, John Bonnicher 5
124 Germany Croneiss, Theodor 5
125 England Crowe, Cyril Marconi 15
126 Ireland Crowe, Henry George 8
127 England Crundall, Edward Duncan 7
128 England Cubbon, Francis Richard 21
129 England Cudemore, Charles William 15
130 England Cullen, Robert James 5
131 New Zealand Culling, Thomas Grey 6
132 Australia Cummings, Eric Douglas 9
133 Canada Cummings, Lumsden 5
134 England Cunnell, Donald Charles 9
135 England Cunningham, Jack Armand 10
Records - 121 to 135 of 141
 
 
 
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