World War I Aces by Victories

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	Score
46	McCall, Frederick Robert Gordon	35
47	Schleich, Eduard Ritter von	35
48	Thuy, Emil	35
49	Veltjens, Josef	35
50	Woollett, Henry Winslow	35
51	Baracca, Francesco	34
52	Coiffard, Michel Joseph Callixte Marie	34
53	Bongartz, Heinrich	33
54	Kinkead, Samuel Marcus	33
55	Kroll, Heinrich	33
56	Quigley, Frank Granger	33
57	Wolff, Kurt	33
58	Arigi, Julius	32
59	Bowman, Geoffrey Hilton	32
60	Dallas, Roderic Stanley	32

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