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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 Russia Vakulovsky, Konstantin 6
2 Germany Vallendor, Hermann 6
3 USA Vasconcells, Jerry Cox 6
4 England Vaucour, Awdry Morris 7
5 USA Vaughn, George Augustus 13
6 Germany Veltjens, Josef 35
7 South Africa Venter, Cristoffel Johannes 16
8 USA Vernam, Remington 6
9 England Vessey, John Arthur 5
10 France Vial, Del Antoine Gaston 8
11 France Viallet, Marcel P. 9
12 England Vickers, Oliver Henry Douglas 13
13 Germany Viebig, Hans 5
14 England Vigers, Arthur Whitehair 14
15 France Violet-Marty, Pierre Augustin François 5
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