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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
1021 Flag Lewis, Thomas Archibald Mitford Stuart 6
1022 Flag Libby, Frederick 14
1023 Flag Lienhart, Georges Frederic 5
1024 Flag Light, Alan Douglas 8
1025 Flag Lightbody, John Douglas 5
1026 Flag Lindenberger, Alfred 12
1027 Flag Lindfield, H. 6
1028 Flag Lindsay, Robert Opie 6
1029 Flag Lindup, Ernest 5
1030 Flag Lingham, George Alexander 6
1031 Flag Linke-Crawford, Frank 27
1032 Flag Little, Robert Alexander 47
1033 Flag Little, Robert Hazen 5
1034 Flag Liversedge, Sydney Tyndall 13
1035 Flag Lloyd, George Lawrence 8
Total Records: 1865
59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78
       
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