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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
991 Flag Lavers, Charles Stewart Touzeau 9
992 Flag Lawson, George Edgar Bruce 6
993 Flag Le Blanc-Smith, Maurice 7
994 Flag Le Cour Grandmaison, Didier Louis Marie Charles 5
995 Flag Le Mesurier, Thomas Frederick 7
996 Flag Leacroft, John 22
997 Flag Learmond, George Victor 9
998 Flag Leask, Kenneth Malise St. Clair Graeme 8
999 Flag Leathley, Forde 8
1000 Flag LeBoutillier, Oliver Colin 10
1001 Flag Lecoq De Kerland, Marie Charles Maurice 7
1002 Flag Lee, Arthur Stanley Gould 7
1003 Flag Lefevre, Charles Eugene Joseph Marie 6
1004 Flag Leffers, Gustav 9
1005 Flag Lega, Giulio 5
Total Records: 1865
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