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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 USA Knowles, James 5
47 Canada Koch, Alfred Michael 10
48 Germany Koch, Emil 7
49 Germany Koenig (König), Erich 6
50 Germany Koennecke (Könnecke), Otto 35
51 Germany Koepsch, Egon 9
52 Germany Koerner (Körner), Hans 7
53 Germany Kohlbach, Wilhelm 5
54 Russia Kokorin, Nikolai 5
55 Germany Kopka, Johann 5
56 Germany Korff, Arthur 8
57 Germany Kosmahl, Fritz Gustav August 9
58 Austro-Hungarian Empire Kostrba, Heinrich 8
59 Austro-Hungarian Empire Kowalczik, Julius 5
60 Russia Kozakov (Kazakoff), Alexander Alexandrovich 20
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