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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
1561 Flag Seth-Smith, Kenneth Arthur 7
1562 Flag Sewall, Sumner 7
1563 Flag Seywald, Heinrich 6
1564 Flag Shannon, Christopher James 5
1565 Flag Shapard, Evander 6
1566 Flag Sharman, John Edward 8
1567 Flag Sharpe, Frank 5
1568 Flag Sharpe, Thomas Sydney 6
1569 Flag Shepherd, Alfred Seymour 10
1570 Flag Shields, William Ernest 24
1571 Flag Shoemaker, Harold Goodman 5
1572 Flag Shook, Alexander MacDonald 12
1573 Flag Siddall, Joseph Henry 9
1574 Flag Sidebottom, William 14
1575 Flag Siempelkamp, Eugen 5
Total Records: 1865
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