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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 Udet, Ernst 62
2 Austro-Hungarian Empire Udvardy, Ferdinand 9
3 Germany Ulmer, Alfred 5
4 Germany Ultsch, Bernhard 12
5 England Umney, John Howard 13
6 USA Unger, Kenneth Russell 14
7 Germany Ungewitter, Kurt 7
8 England Uniacke, Desmond Percival Fitzgerald 13
9 Austro-Hungarian Empire Urban, Karl 5
10 France Uteau, Gilbert Jean 5
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