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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
121 England Hayward, George Searle Lomax 24
122 England Luchford, Harry George Ernest 24
123 Germany Meyer, Georg 24
124 England Noel, Tom Cecil 24
125 Canada Shields, William Ernest 24
126 England Slater, James Anderson 24
127 Germany Becker, Hermann 23
128 Scotland Campbell, William Charles 23
129 France Dorme, René Pierre Marie 23
130 Scotland Frew, Matthew Brown 23
131 France Guerin (Guérin), Gabriel Fernand Charles 23
132 France Haegelen, Claude Marcel 23
133 England Lale, Horace Percy 23
134 Australia Pentland, Alexander Augustus Norman Dudley 23
135 England Whistler, Harold Alfred 23
 
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