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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
61 Germany Kroll, Heinrich 33
62 Russia Kruten, Yevgraph 7
63 Germany Kuehne (Kühne), Wilhelm 7
64 Germany Kueppers (Küppers), Kurt 6
65 Germany Kuhn, Max 12
66 USA Kullberg, Harold Albert 19
67 Germany Kummetz, Hans 7
68 Germany Kunz, Hermann Karl Ludwig 6
69 England Kydd, Frederick Joseph 5
70 Germany Kypke, Walter 9
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