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