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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 England Harvey, William Frederick James 26
47 France Hasdenteufel, Marius René Marie 5
48 France Hauss, Marcel 5
49 Germany Haussmann, Albert 15
50 Austro-Hungarian Empire Hautzmayer, Ludwig 7
51 England Hawker, Lanoe George 7
52 England Hay, Hugh Allport 5
53 England Hay, Roger Bolton 5
54 France Hay De Slade, Henri Joseph Marie 19
55 South Africa Hayne, Edwin Tufnell 15
56 USA Hays, Frank Kerr 6
57 England Hayward, George Searle Lomax 24
58 Ireland Hazell, Tom Falcon 43
59 Australia Headlam, Eustace Slade 5
60 USA Healy, James Andrew 5
Records - 46 to 60 of 153
 
 
 
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