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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
1546 Flag Schumm, Marat 7
1547 Flag Schuster, Günther 6
1548 Flag Schwartz, Konrad 5
1549 Flag Schwartz, Wilhelm 8
1550 Flag Schwendemann, Josef 17
1551 Flag Scott, Alan John Lance 5
1552 Flag Scott, Laurence Henry 6
1553 Flag Scott, Maurice Douglas Guest 12
1554 Flag Scott, Walter Henry 8
1555 Flag Seabrook, Joseph Powell 5
1556 Flag Seerley, John Joseph 5
1557 Flag Seit, Kurt 5
1558 Flag Seitz, Wilhelm Anton 16
1559 Flag Sellars, Herbert Whiteley 8
1560 Flag Selwyn, Wilfred 7
Total Records: 1865
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