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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.
 
Victories:

Viewing all records: 1863
    Name Score
151 Germany Altemeier, Friedrich 21
152 Italy Baracchini, Flavio 21
153 England Cubbon, Francis Richard 21
154 Canada Edwards, Harold Leslie 21
155 Germany Friedrichs, Friedrich 21
156 France Heurtaux, Alfred Marie Joseph 21
157 Canada Hickey, Charles Robert Reeves 21
158 Germany Hoehn (Höhn), Fritz 21
159 Scotland Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick, William John Charles 21
160 France Marinovitch, Pierre 21
161 Wales Maybery, Richard Aveline 21
162 Australia McCloughry, Edgar James Kingston 21
163 Australia Minifie, Richard Pearman 21
164 Germany Noltenius, Friedrich Theodor 21
165 Scotland Thomson, George Edwin 21
 
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