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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
571 Flag Friedrich, Josef 7
572 Flag Friedrichs, Friedrich 21
573 Flag Frint, Johann 6
574 Flag Frommherz, Hermann 32
575 Flag Fruhner, Otto 27
576 Flag Fry, William Mayes 11
577 Flag Fucini, Mario 7
578 Flag Fullard, Philip Fletcher 40
579 Flag Furlow, George Willard 5
580 Flag Fysh, Wilmot Hudson 5
581 Flag Gabriel, Willi 11
582 Flag Gaim, Ludwig 5
583 Flag Galbraith, Daniel Murray Bayne 6
584 Flag Gallwitz, Karl 10
585 Flag Gammon, Richard John 5
Total Records: 1865
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