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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
976 Flag Lang, Friedrich 5
977 Flag Langan-Byrne, Patrick Anthony 10
978 Flag Lange, Helmut 9
979 Flag Langlands, David 5
980 Flag Langstone, Sydney Frank 5
981 Flag Languedoc, Henri François 7
982 Flag Laplasse, Antoine 8
983 Flag Larkin, Herbert Joseph 11
984 Flag Larner, DeFreest 7
985 Flag Larson, Jens Fredrick 9
986 Flag Lasi, Johann 5
987 Flag Latimer, Dennis 28
988 Flag Latta, James Douglas 5
989 Flag Laumann, Arthur 28
990 Flag Laurence, Frederic Hope 5
Total Records: 1865
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