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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 Austro-Hungarian Empire Kiss, Josef 19
32 Germany Kissenberth, Otto 20
33 Wales Kitto, Francis Mansel 9
34 Germany Klaiber, Otto 6
35 Germany Klaudat, Gustav 6
36 Germany Klein, Hans 22
37 Germany Klein, Johannes 16
38 Germany Klimke, Rudolf 17
39 Germany Knappe, Herbert Wilhelm Franz 9
40 Canada Knight, Arthur Gerald 8
41 USA Knight, Duerson 10
42 England Knights, Sidney Arthur William 8
43 USA Knotts, Howard Clayton 6
44 Scotland Knowles, Frederick John 7
45 USA Knowles, James J. 5
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