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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
301 Germany Neuenhofen, Wilhelm 15
302 Australia Phillipps, Roy Cecil 15
303 Germany Pressentin von Rautter, Viktor von 15
304 Germany Quandt, Theodor 15
305 England Richardson, Herbert Brian 15
306 France Sardier, Jean Marie Luc Gilbert 15
307 South Africa Saunders, Hugh William Lumsden 15
308 Germany Schmidt, Julius 15
309 Germany Schneider, Kurt 15
310 England Stackard, Harold Francis 15
311 Germany Straehle (Strähle), Paul 15
312 Austro-Hungarian Empire Strohschneider, Ernst 15
313 England Weare, Frank Gerald Craven 15
314 France Ambrogi, Marius Jean Paul Elzeard 14
315 Scotland Brown, Colin Peter 14
 
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