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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
541 Flag Fieseler, Gerhard 19
542 Flag Findlay, Charles 14
543 Flag Findlay, John Pierce 6
544 Flag Findlay, Maxwell Hutcheon 14
545 Flag Finlay, Garfield 8
546 Flag Firth, John Charles Bradley 11
547 Flag Fitzgibbon, Desmond Fitzgerald 8
548 Flag Fitzner, Otto 9
549 Flag Flachaire, Georges Charles Marie François 8
550 Flag Fleischer, Alfred 6
551 Flag Fleming, Austin L. 8
552 Flag Fletcher, Ronald Malcolm 26
553 Flag Fonck, René Paul 75
554 Flag Foot, Ernest Leslie 5
555 Flag Forman, James Henry 9
Total Records: 1865
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