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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
46 Germany Friedrichs, Friedrich 21
47 Austro-Hungarian Empire Frint, Johann 6
48 Germany Frommherz, Hermann 32
49 Germany Fruhner, Otto 27
50 England Fry, William Mayes 11
51 Italy Fucini, Mario 7
52 England Fullard, Philip Fletcher 40
53 USA Furlow, George Willard 5
54 Australia Fysh, Wilmot Hudson 5
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