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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
76 Italy Lombardi, Carlo 8
77 England Long, Selden Herbert 9
78 England Longton, Walter Hunt 11
79 USA Lord, Frederic Ives 12
80 Germany Lorenz, Heinrich 5
81 France Loste, Jean Augustin Paul Joseph 7
82 Germany Lotz, Paul 10
83 England Lowe, Cyril Nelson 9
84 England Lowe, Reginald 5
85 England Loyd, Alwyne Travers 6
86 England Luchford, Harry George Ernest 24
87 Germany Luer, Ludwig 6
88 USA Lufbery, Gervais Raoul 16
89 USA Luff, Frederic Earnest 5
90 USA Luke, Frank 18
Records - 76 to 90 of 94
 
 
 
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