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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
91 Austro-Hungarian Empire Linke-Crawford, Frank 27
92 Canada McEwen, Clifford Mackay 27
93 England Middleton, Thomas Percy 27
94 France Pinsard, Armand 27
95 Canada Soden, Frank Ormond 27
96 Germany Thom, Karl 27
97 Germany Tutschek, Adolf Ritter von 27
98 Canada Whealy, Arthur Treloar 27
99 Germany Wuesthoff (Wüsthoff), Kurt 27
100 Germany Boenigk, Oskar Freiherr von 26
101 Germany Dostler, Eduard Ritter von 26
102 England Fletcher, Ronald Malcolm 26
103 England Harvey, William Frederick James 26
104 Australia King, Elwyn Roy 26
105 Scotland Maxwell, Gerald Joseph Constable 26
 
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