World War I Aces by Victories

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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	Score
31	Gontermann, Heinrich	39
32	Jordan, William Lancelot	39
33	Menckhoff, Karl	39
34	Atkey, Alfred Clayburn	38
35	Claxton, William Gordon	37
36	Coppens de Houthulst, Willy Omer François Jean	37
37	Jones, James Ira Thomas	37
38	Bolle, Karl	36
39	Buckler, Julius	36
40	Fall, Joseph Stewart Temple	36
41	Mueller (Müller), Max Ritter von	36
42	Boyau, Maurice Jean Paul	35
43	Brumowski, Godwin	35
44	Doerr (Dörr), Gustav	35
45	Koennecke (Könnecke), Otto	35

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