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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 New Zealand Scott, Alan John Lance 5
62 England Scott, Laurence Henry 6
63 England Scott, Maurice Douglas Guest 12
64 Scotland Scott, Walter Henry 8
65 England Seabrook, Joseph Powell 5
66 USA Seerley, John Joseph 5
67 Germany Seit, Kurt 5
68 Germany Seitz, Wilhelm Anton 16
69 England Sellars, Herbert Whiteley 8
70 England Selwyn, Wilfred 7
71 England Seth-Smith, Kenneth Arthur 7
72 USA Sewall, Sumner 7
73 Germany Seywald, Heinrich 6
74 England Shannon, Christopher James 5
75 United States Shapard, Evander 6
Records - 61 to 75 of 174
 
 
 
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