[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_aces_from_the_United_States

A very long list. And because they needed to have shot down three enemy aircraft (minimum) to become an ace, it shows the scale of the air war.

[DFG]

5 is the minimum to be an ace.

Eddie Rickenbacker was the top US ace in WW1 with 26.
Richard Bong was the top US ace in WW2 with 40.
Joseph McConnell was the top US ace in the Korean War with 16.
Charles DeBellevue was the top US ace in the Vietnam War with 6.

[NorthMountain]

needed to have shot down three enemy aircraft

Five enemy aircraft shot down.