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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
1036 Flag Lloyd Williams, John Jordan 5
1037 Flag Loeffler (Löffler), Otto 15
1038 Flag Loerzer, Bruno 44
1039 Flag Loerzer, Fritz 11
1040 Flag Loewenhardt (Löwenhardt), Erich 54
1041 Flag Loiko, Ivan 6
1042 Flag Lombardi, Carlo 8
1043 Flag Long, Selden Herbert 9
1044 Flag Longton, Walter Hunt 11
1045 Flag Lord, Frederic Ives 12
1046 Flag Lorenz, Heinrich 5
1047 Flag Loste, Jean Augustin Paul Joseph 7
1048 Flag Lotz, Paul 10
1049 Flag Lowe, Cyril Nelson 9
1050 Flag Lowe, Reginald 5
Total Records: 1865
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