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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
931 South Africa Sloley, Robert Hugh 8
932 Scotland Smith, William Watson 8
933 Canada Smith, John Henry 8
934 Canada Smith, Langley Frank Willard 8
935 England Smyth, Bertram Hutchinson 8
936 USA Stenseth, Martinus 8
937 England Summers, John Kenneth 8
938 Australia Sutherland, Leslie William 8
939 Austro-Hungarian Empire Tahy, Alexander 8
940 Germany Thiede, Fritz 8
941 England Tolman, Clifford John 8
942 England Traill, Thomas Cathcart 8
943 France Vial, Del Antoine Gaston 8
944 England Vlasto, Alexander George 8
945 England Warner, John Weston 8
 
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