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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
961 Flag Kuhn, Max 12
962 Flag Kullberg, Harold Albert 19
963 Flag Kummetz, Hans 7
964 Flag Kunz, Hermann Karl Ludwig 6
965 Flag Kydd, Frederick Joseph 5
966 Flag Kypke, Walter 9
967 Flag Lachmann, Georges Marcel 9
968 Flag Lagesse, Camille Henri Raoul 20
969 Flag Lahner, Franz 5
970 Flag Lahoulle, Auguste Joseph Marie 10
971 Flag Laing, Kenneth Joseph Price 5
972 Flag Lale, Horace Percy 23
973 Flag Lally, Conrad Tolendal 5
974 Flag Lambert, William Carpenter 18
975 Flag Landis, Reed Gresham 12
Total Records: 1865
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