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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 Canada Kerby, Harold Spencer 9
17 Germany Keudell, Hans von 12
18 South Africa Kiddie, Andrew Cameron 15
19 Germany Kieckhaefer (Kieckhäfer), Fritz 8
20 England Kilroy, M.V. 5
21 USA Kindley, Field Eugene 12
22 England King, Cecil Frederick 22
23 Australia King, Elwyn Roy 26
24 England King, Leslie Walter 9
25 South Africa Kinkead, Samuel Marcus 33
26 Germany Kirchfeld, Franz 8
27 Australia Kirk, Walter Alister 7
28 England Kirkman, Robert Kirby 8
29 Germany Kirmaier, Stefan 11
30 Germany Kirschstein, Hans 27
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