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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 Gabriel, Willi 11
2 Germany Gaim, Ludwig 5
3 Canada Galbraith, Daniel Murray Bayne 6
4 Germany Gallwitz, Karl 10
5 England Gammon, Richard John 5
6 England Gamon, John 7
7 Germany Gandert, Hans-Eberhardt 8
8 France Garaud, Hector Eugene Joseph 13
9 England Gardiner, George Cecil 6
10 England Gardner, Cecil Vernon 10
11 Germany Garsztka, Mieczyslaw Sylwester 6
12 England Gascoyne, James Victor 5
13 England Gass, Charles George 39
14 France Gasser, Lucien Marcel 10
15 France Gastin, Paul Adrien 6
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