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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 Victories
1 Flag Achard, Albert 5
2 Flag Achilles, Paul 8
3 Flag Adam, Hans Ritter von 21
4 Flag Agabeg, Ivan Wilmot Frank 6
5 Flag Agelasto, Cyril John 9
6 Flag Alberry, Frank 7
7 Flag Aldred, John William 8
8 Flag Aldridge, John Arthur 5
9 Flag Alexander, William Melville 22
10 Flag Allasia, Michele 5
11 Flag Allen, Charles Philip 7
12 Flag Allen, Lawrence Wilfred 10
13 Flag Allmenroeder (Allmenröder), Julius Karl 30
14 Flag Altemeier, Friedrich 21
15 Flag Althaus, Ernst Freiherr von 9
Total Records: 1865
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