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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
1606 Flag Soden, Frank Ormond 27
1607 Flag Solly, Arthur Norbury 9
1608 Flag Sommer, Wilhelm 5
1609 Flag Sonneck, Erich 6
1610 Flag Sorsoleil, John Victor 14
1611 Flag Soulier, Constant Frederic 6
1612 Flag Southey, Walter Alfred 20
1613 Flag Sowrey, Frederick 13
1614 Flag Spence, Anthony George Allen 9
1615 Flag Splitgerber, Otto 6
1616 Flag Springs, Elliott White 16
1617 Flag Spurling, Arthur Rowe 6
1618 Flag Stackard, Harold Francis 15
1619 Flag Stanger, Stanley 13
1620 Flag Stanton, Frederick Cecil 7
Total Records: 1865
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