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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
1 France Achard, Albert 5
2 Germany Achilles, Paul 8
3 Germany Adam, Hans Ritter von 21
4 England Agabeg, Ivan Wilmot Frank 6
5 England Agelasto, Cyril John 9
6 Australia Alberry, Frank 7
7 England Aldred, John William 8
8 England Aldridge, John Arthur 5
9 Canada Alexander, William Melville 22
10 Italy Allasia, Michele 5
11 England Allen, Charles Philip 7
12 England Allen, Laurence Wilfred 10
13 Germany Allmenroeder (Allmenröder), Karl 30
14 Germany Altemeier, Friedrich 21
15 Germany Althaus, Ernst Freiherr von 9
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