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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
1636 Flag Stojsavljevic, Raoul 10
1637 Flag Stokes, Claud Harry 5
1638 Flag Stone, Charles Owen 7
1639 Flag Stoppani, Mario 6
1640 Flag Stovall, William Howard 6
1641 Flag Straehle (Strähle), Paul 15
1642 Flag Strahm, Victor Herbert 5
1643 Flag Strange, Gilbert John 7
1644 Flag Strasser, Georg 7
1645 Flag Strizhesky, Valdimir 7
1646 Flag Strohschneider, Ernst 15
1647 Flag Struenklenberg (Strünklenberg), Karl 5
1648 Flag Strugnell, William Victor 6
1649 Flag Stuart Wortley, Rothesay Nicholas Montagu 6
1650 Flag Stubbs, Charles Lionel 7
Total Records: 1865
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