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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 England Leask, Kenneth Malise St. Clair Graeme 8
32 Ireland Leathley, Forde 8
33 USA LeBoutillier, Oliver Colin 10
34 France Lecoq De Kerland, Marie Charles Maurice 7
35 France Lecour Grandmaison, Didier Louis Marie Charles 5
36 England Lee, Arthur Stanley Gould 7
37 France Lefevre, Charles Eugene Joseph Marie 6
38 Germany Leffers, Gustav 9
39 Italy Lega, Giulio 5
40 Canada Leitch, Alfred Alexander 7
41 England Leith, James Leith 9
42 Russia Leman, Ernst 5
43 Scotland Lennox, James Scott 5
44 France Lenoir, Maxime Albert 11
45 Germany Lenz, Alfred 6
Records - 31 to 45 of 94
 
 
 
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