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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 Canada Waddington, Melville Wells 12
2 France Waddington, Paul Yvan Robert 12
3 Germany Wagener, Werner 5
4 England Waight, Dennis Edward 12
5 Germany Waldhausen, Hans 6
6 England Walker, Eric 6
7 England Walker, Kenneth MacKenzie 5
8 England Walker, William 5
9 England Walkerdine, Bernard Albert 6
10 England Walkerdine, Harold John 7
11 England Wall, Anthony Herbert William 16
12 Canada Wallace, Hazel LeRoy 14
13 England Wallage, Stanley Harry S. 10
14 Ireland Waller, Albert Gregory 11
15 England Wallwork, John Wilson 5
Records - 1 to 15 of 95
 
 
 
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