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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.
 
    Name Score
856 Austro-Hungarian Empire Kaszala, Karl 8
857 Germany Kieckhaefer (Kieckhäfer), Fritz 8
858 Germany Kirchfeld, Franz 8
859 England Kirkman, Robert Kirby 8
860 Canada Knight, Arthur Gerald 8
861 England Knights, Sidney Arthur William 8
862 Germany Korff, Arthur 8
863 Austro-Hungarian Empire Kostrba, Heinrich 8
864 Germany Krebs, Fritz 8
865 France Laplasse, Antoine 8
866 England Leask, Kenneth Malise St. Clair Graeme 8
867 Ireland Leathley, Forde 8
868 Italy Leonardi, Alvaro 8
869 England Lewis, Cecil Arthur 8
870 England Light, Alan Douglas 8
 
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