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