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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
226 England Gibbons, George Everard 17
227 Germany Hess, Ernst 17
228 Australia Holliday, Fred Parkinson 17
229 USA Iaccaci, August Thayer 17
230 USA Iaccaci, Paul Thayer 17
231 Germany Immelmann, Max 17
232 England Johnstone, Edward Grahame 17
233 Germany Klimke, Rudolf 17
234 England Makepeace, Reginald Milburn 17
235 England Pinder, John William 17
236 Germany Plauth, Karl 17
237 Italy Ranza, Ferruccio 17
238 Germany Ray, Franz 17
239 Germany Rolfes, Hans Joachim 17
240 Germany Schwendemann, Josef 17
 
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