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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: 1865
    Name Score
166 England Barlow, Leonard Monteagle 20
167 South Africa Bell, Douglas John 20
168 Germany Bethge, Hans 20
169 Canada Conn, Kenneth Burns 20
170 France Deullin, Albert Louis 20
171 Germany Eschwege, Rudolph von 20
172 Germany Frankl, Wilhelm 20
173 USA Gillet, Francis Warrington 20
174 Germany Goettsch (Göttsch), Walter 20
175 Germany Hennrich, Oskar 20
176 Australia Johnston, Edgar Charles 20
177 Germany Kissenberth, Otto 20
178 Russia Kozakov (Kazakoff), Alexander Alexandrovich 20
179 Canada Lagesse, Camille Henri Raoul 20
180 England McDonald, Ian Donald Roy 20
 
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