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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 Germany Fahlbusch, Wilhelm 5
2 Canada Fairclough, Arthur Bradfield 19
3 Canada Falkenberg, Carl Frederick 17
4 Canada Fall, Joseph Stewart Temple 36
5 England Farquhar, Robert Wallace 6
6 Canada Farrell, Conway MacAlister Gray 7
7 England Farrow, William Hastings 10
8 France Favre De Thierrens, Jean-Paul Jacques 6
9 Russia Federov (Fedoroff), Victor 5
10 Austro-Hungarian Empire Fejes, Stefan 16
11 Germany Festner, Sebastian 12
12 Austro-Hungarian Empire Fiala von Fernbrugg, Benno 28
13 Germany Fichter, Julius 7
14 England Fielding-Johnson, William Spurrett 6
15 Germany Fieseler, Gerhard 19
Records - 1 to 15 of 54
 
 
 
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