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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 Haase, Heinrich 6
2 Germany Haber, Kurt 5
3 Germany Habich, Hermann 7
4 England Hackwill, George Henry 9
5 Germany Haebler (Häbler), Hans von 8
6 France Haegelen, Claude Marcel 23
7 Germany Hahn, Erich 6
8 USA Haight, Edward Meeker 5
9 England Haines, Alfred John 6
10 France Halberger, Georges Charles Emmanuel 5
11 USA Hale, Frank Lucien 7
12 Canada Hales, John Playford 5
13 Scotland Hall, David Sidney 6
14 England Hall, Frederick Vincent 7
15 England Hall, John Herbert 5
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