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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 Lachmann, Georges Marcel 9
2 Canada Lagesse, Camille Henri Raoul 20
3 Austro-Hungarian Empire Lahner, Franz 5
4 France Lahoulle, Auguste Joseph Marie 10
5 Scotland Laing, Kenneth Joseph Price 5
6 England Lale, Horace Percy 23
7 Canada Lally, Conrad Tolendal 5
8 USA Lambert, William Carpenter 18
9 USA Landis, Reed Gresham 12
10 Austro-Hungarian Empire Lang, Friedrich 5
11 Ireland Langan-Byrne, Patrick Anthony 10
12 Germany Lange, Helmut 9
13 England Langlands, David 5
14 England Langstone, Sydney Frank 5
15 France Languedoc, Henri François 7
Records - 1 to 15 of 94
 
 
 
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