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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
166 Australia Sutherland, Leslie William 8
167 England Sutton, Oliver Manners 7
168 USA Swaab, Jacques Michael 10
169 England Swale, Edwin 17
170 Canada Swayze, William Keith 6
171 England Sykes, Ronald 6
172 England Symondson, Francis Stanley 13
173 Canada Symons, Harry Lutz 6
174 Austro-Hungarian Empire Szepessy-Sokoll, Rudolf 5
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