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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
1501 Flag Satchell, Harold Leslie 8
1502 Flag Saundby, Robert Henry Magnus Spencer 5
1503 Flag Saunders, Alfred William 12
1504 Flag Saunders, Franklin Geoffrey 8
1505 Flag Saunders, Hugh William Lumsden 15
1506 Flag Saune, Basile Felicien 5
1507 Flag Sauvage, Paul Joannes 8
1508 Flag Savage, Douglas Alfred 7
1509 Flag Sawyer, Cyril Hayes 6
1510 Flag Sayaret, Victor Louis Georges 7
1511 Flag Sayers, Edward Harper 5
1512 Flag Scandrett, Harry 7
1513 Flag Scaramanga, James John 12
1514 Flag Scaroni, Silvio 26
1515 Flag Schaefer (Schäfer), Hugo 11
Total Records: 1865
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