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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
46 Canada McCall, Frederick Robert Gordon 35
47 Germany Schleich, Eduard Ritter von 35
48 Germany Thuy, Emil 35
49 Germany Veltjens, Josef 35
50 England Woollett, Henry Winslow 35
51 Italy Baracca, Francesco 34
52 France Coiffard, Michel Joseph Callixte Marie 34
53 Germany Bongartz, Heinrich 33
54 South Africa Kinkead, Samuel Marcus 33
55 Germany Kroll, Heinrich 33
56 Canada Quigley, Frank Granger 33
57 Germany Wolff, Kurt 33
58 Austro-Hungarian Empire Arigi, Julius 32
59 England Bowman, Geoffrey Hilton 32
60 Australia Dallas, Roderic Stanley 32
 
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