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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
946 Flag Koepsch, Egon 9
947 Flag Koerner (Körner), Hans 7
948 Flag Kohlbach, Wilhelm 5
949 Flag Kokorin, Nikolai 5
950 Flag Kopka, Johann 5
951 Flag Korff, Arthur 8
952 Flag Kosmahl, Fritz Gustav August 9
953 Flag Kostrba, Heinrich 8
954 Flag Kowalczik, Julius 5
955 Flag Kozakov (Kazakoff), Alexander Alexandrovich 20
956 Flag Krebs, Fritz 8
957 Flag Kroll, Heinrich 33
958 Flag Kruten, Yevgraph 7
959 Flag Kuehne (Kühne), Wilhelm 7
960 Flag Kueppers (Küppers), Kurt 6
Total Records: 1865
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