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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 Kahle, Willy 6
2 Germany Kahlow, Max 6
3 Germany Kairies, Christian 7
4 Germany Kampe, Willi 8
5 Austro-Hungarian Empire Kasza, Alexander 6
6 Austro-Hungarian Empire Kaszala, Karl 8
7 USA Keating, James Alfred 6
8 England Keeble, Noel 6
9 England Keen, Arthur Willan 14
10 Canada Keirstead, Ronald McNeill 13
11 Ireland Kelly, Edward Caulfield 5
12 Canada Kelly, Ernest Tilton Sumpter 6
13 England Kemp, George Hubert 12
14 Scotland Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick, William John Charles 21
15 Australia Kenny, Edward Patrick 7
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