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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
31 Australia Forrest, Henry Garnet 11
32 Canada Foster, George Buchanan 7
33 England Foster, Robert Mordaunt 16
34 Canada Fowler, Herbert Howard Snowden 6
35 England Fox Rule, Gordon 7
36 Germany Fraedrich (Frädrich), Gustav 6
37 France Fraissinet, Jean Alfred 8
38 Germany Francke, Rudolf 15
39 Germany Frankl, Wilhelm 20
40 England Franklyn, Adrian Winfrid 7
41 Germany Freden, Hans von 19
42 England Freehill, Maurice Michael 7
43 Scotland Frew, Matthew Brown 23
44 Germany Frickart, Wilhelm Maximilian 12
45 Austro-Hungarian Empire Friedrich, Josef 7
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