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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
556 Flag Fornagiari, Guglielmo 6
557 Flag Forrest, Henry Garnet 11
558 Flag Foster, George Buchanan 7
559 Flag Foster, Robert Mordaunt 16
560 Flag Fowler, Herbert Howard Snowden 6
561 Flag Fox Rule, Gordon 7
562 Flag Fraedrich (Frädrich), Gustav 6
563 Flag Fraissinet, Jean Alfred 8
564 Flag Francke, Rudolf 15
565 Flag Frankl, Wilhelm 20
566 Flag Franklyn, Adrian Winfrid 7
567 Flag Freden, Hans von 19
568 Flag Freehill, Maurice Michael 7
569 Flag Frew, Matthew Brown 23
570 Flag Frickart, Wilhelm Maximilian 12
Total Records: 1865
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