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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 Italy Leonardi, Alvaro 8
47 France Leps, Adrien Louis Jacques 12
48 Germany Leptien, Hermann 7
49 France Leroy De Boiseaumarie, Pierre Marie Gabriel Vincent Ernest 5
50 England Letts, John Herbert Towne 13
51 Germany Leusch, Wilhelm 5
52 France Levy (Lévy), André Robert 6
53 England Lewis, Cecil Arthur 8
54 England Lewis, Gwilym Hugh 12
55 England Lewis, Thomas Archibald Mitford Stuart 6
56 USA Libby, Frederick 14
57 France Lienhart, Georges Frederic 5
58 England Light, Alan Douglas 8
59 Scotland Lightbody, John Douglas 5
60 Germany Lindenberger, Alfred 12
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