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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
901 Flag Kaszala, Karl 8
902 Flag Keating, James Alfred 6
903 Flag Keeble, Noel 6
904 Flag Keen, Arthur Willan 14
905 Flag Keirstead, Ronald McNeill 13
906 Flag Kelly, Edward Caulfield 5
907 Flag Kelly, Ernest Tilton Sumpter 6
908 Flag Kemp, George Hubert 12
909 Flag Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick, William John Charles 21
910 Flag Kenny, Edward Patrick 7
911 Flag Kenzian, Georg 9
912 Flag Kerby, Harold Spencer 9
913 Flag Keudell, Hans von 12
914 Flag Kiddie, Andrew Cameron 15
915 Flag Kieckhaefer (Kieckhäfer), Fritz 8
Total Records: 1865
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