The Aerodrome Home Page
Aces of WWI
Aircraft of WWI
Books and Videos
The Aerodrome Forum
Help
Medals & Decorations
Search The Aerodrome
Today in History



 
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.
 
    Name Score
796 England Coombe, James George 8
797 France Costes, Dieudonné 8
798 England Court, Leslie Simpson 8
799 Canada Craig, William Benson 8
800 Germany Creutzmann, Otto 8
801 Ireland Crowe, Henry George 8
802 England Dawe, James Jeffery 8
803 Canada De Pencier, John Dartnell 8
804 France De Guingand, Gilbert Marie 8
805 Germany Dobberke, Günther 8
806 England Douglas, Percy 8
807 Australia Drummond, Roy Maxwell 8
808 Scotland Duncan, Gordon Metcalfe 8
809 Canada Durrand, William 8
810 England Easton, Harold Edwin 8
 
47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61
First Previous Next Last
 
Aces · Aircraft · Books · Forum · Help · Medals · Search · Today