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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
136 Germany Boy, Herbert 5
137 France Boyau, Maurice Jean Paul 35
138 USA Boysen, Harold Koch 5
139 France Bozon-Verduraz, Jean Seraphin Benjamin Emmanuel 11
140 England Brading, Reginald Carey Brenton 13
141 South Africa Brand, Christopher Joseph Quintin 12
142 Germany Brandenstein, Aloys Freiherr von 8
143 Germany Brandt, Franz 10
144 Germany Brauneck, Otto 10
145 Canada Breadner, Lloyd Samuel 10
146 England Breakey, John Denis 9
147 Germany Breiten-Landenberg, Otto von 5
148 England Bremridge, Godfrey 5
149 Germany Brendle, Konrad 9
150 France Bretillon, Alexandre Albert Roger 9
Records - 136 to 150 of 198
 
 
 
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