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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
331 England Naylor, Walter 14
332 England Payne, James Dennis 14
333 Germany Piechulek, Franz 14
334 Germany Schlenker, Georg 14
335 England Sidebottom, William 14
336 Canada Sorsoleil, John Victor 14
337 Canada Thomson, George 14
338 USA Unger, Kenneth Russell 14
339 England Vigers, Arthur Whitehair 14
340 Canada Wallace, Hazel LeRoy 14
341 New Zealand Watson, Herbert Gilles 14
342 England Webb, Noel William Ward 14
343 Germany Wendelmuth, Rudolf 14
344 Canada Williams, Thomas Frederic 14
345 Canada Armstrong, Frederick Carr 13
 
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