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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
526 Flag Eyre, Cyril Askew 6
527 Flag Fahlbusch, Wilhelm 5
528 Flag Fairclough, Arthur Bradfield 19
529 Flag Falkenberg, Carl Frederick 17
530 Flag Fall, Joseph Stewart Temple 36
531 Flag Farquhar, Robert Wallace 6
532 Flag Farrell, Conway MacAlister Gray 7
533 Flag Farrow, William Hastings 10
534 Flag Favre De Thierrens, Jean-Paul Jacques 6
535 Flag Federov (Fedoroff), Victor 5
536 Flag Fejes, Stefan 16
537 Flag Festner, Sebastian 12
538 Flag Fiala von Fernbrugg, Benno 28
539 Flag Fichter, Julius 7
540 Flag Fielding-Johnson, William Spurrett 6
Total Records: 1865
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