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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.
 
Victories:

Viewing all records: 1863
    Name Score
181 New Zealand Park, Keith Rodney 20
182 Germany Reinhard, Wilhelm 20
183 South Africa Ross, Charles Gordon 20
184 Italy Ruffo di Calabria, Fulco 20
185 Germany Schmidt, Otto 20
186 England Southey, Walter Alfred 20
187 England Thayre, Frederick James Harry 20
188 South Africa Barton, Horace Dale 19
189 USA Beaver, Wilfred 19
190 Australia Cowper, Andrew King 19
191 Germany Donhauser, Christian 19
192 France Ehrlich, Jacques Louis 19
193 Canada Fairclough, Arthur Bradfield 19
194 Germany Fieseler, Gerhard 19
195 Germany Freden, Hans von 19
 
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