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
886 South Africa Meintjes, Henry 8
887 USA Meissner, James Armand 8
888 Scotland Merchant, Alexander Walker 8
889 Germany Meyer, Karl 8
890 England Mitchell, Leslie Edwin 8
891 Germany Monnington, Kurt Adolf 8
892 England Moody, Henry Michael 8
893 England Muspratt, Keith Knox 8
894 England Nash, Thomas Walter 8
895 Italy Novelli, Gastone 8
896 Italy Olivari, Luigi 8
897 England Olivier, Eric 8
898 England O'Toole, William 8
899 Germany Parschau, Otto 8
900 USA Parsons, Edwin Charles 8
 
53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67
First Previous Next Last
 
Aces · Aircraft · Books · Forum · Help · Medals · Search · Today