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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
16 Italy Amantea, Antonio 5
17 France Ambrogi, Marius Jean Paul Elzeard 14
18 South Africa Amm, Edgar Oxenham 10
19 Italy Ancillotto, Giovanni 11
20 Germany Anders, Fritz G. 7
21 Canada Anderson, George Benson 5
22 South Africa Anderson, Gerald Frank 8
23 England Andrews, John Oliver 12
24 England Ansell, Arnold Edward 5
25 Germany Anslinger, Leopold 10
26 England Antcliffe, Ernest 7
27 Canada Appleby, Percival Ewart 6
28 England Apps, Gordon Frank Mason 10
29 Russia Argeyev (d'Argueff), Pavel Vladimirovich 15
30 Austro-Hungarian Empire Arigi, Julius 32
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