[DOC] [TLE] Eddie Rickenbacker - Wikipedia [PAR] Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (October 8, 1890  July 23, 1973) was an 
American fighter ace in World War I and Medal ... Rickenbacker wanted to join 
the Allied troops in World War I, but the U.S. ... On April 29, 1918, Rickenbacker 
shot down his first plane. ... Most aces' records are thus 'best estimates', not 'exact 
counts'. [DOC] [TLE] 6 Famous WWI Fighter Aces - History Lists - History (history.com) [PAR] Jul 9, 2015 ... The Baron often claimed pieces of his downed enemies' planes as ... Lifelong 
daredevil Eddie Rickenbacker entered World War I as one of ... Though his kill 
count of 44 fell short of many of his countrymen, flying ace Albert Ball was 
arguably ... He went on to down a German plane in his very first dogfight in... [DOC] [TLE] Captain Eddie Rickenbacker: America's World War I Ace of Aces ... [PAR] He was called America's Ace of Aces during World War I, the highest scorer of ... 
learn to fly, but at 27 he was overage for flight training and had no college degree
. ... it was not confirmed until after the war, when Hall  who had been shot down 
... By October 1, Rickenbacker's score stood at 12 and he had been promoted to... [DOC] [TLE] Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker Is Dead at 82 - The New York Times [PAR] Jul 24, 1973 ... Eddie Rickenbacker, a leading fighter ace in World War I and retired chairman of 
... In the daredevil pre-World War I days of automobile racing he became one of 
this ... His transfer to actual combat flying--in which he shot down 22 German 
planes and four observation balloons--was complicated not only by... [DOC] [TLE] Joseph J. Foss, Brigadier General, United States Marine Corps [PAR] 22 January 2003 ... Foss shot down 26 Japanese planes in 44 days, earned a 
Congressional ... Foss is one of 365 Congressional Medal of Honor recipients 
buried at ... They buried World War II Marine fighter ace Joe Foss out at Arlington 
..... pilot of World War II to equal Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's record in World 
War I. [DOC] [TLE] Great Aviation Quotes: Combat - Dave English [PAR] In combat flying, fancy precision aerobatic work is really not of much use. ... A top 
World War II ace once said that fighter pilots fall into two broad categories: ... 
Captain Edward V. 'Eddie' Rickenbacker, USAS, 'Fighting the Flying Circus.' ... 
Few of us are. .... His business in to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot 
down. [DOC] [TLE] Wings of Valor - Eddie Rickenbacker, America's Ace of Aces [PAR] The story of World War I Ace of Aces, Edward 'Captain Eddie' Rickenbacker. ... 
Enemy tracers flew past the rear airplane piloted by Lieutenant Evitt, one of the 
two ... His pilots were safe and the German pilots were flying in a path that might 
well ... and Frank Luke as a result of his death on the ground after being shot 
down. [DOC] [TLE] Pappy Boyington - Aces of WWII [PAR] 1943 - (UP) - Marine Maj Gregory Boyington of Okanogan, Wash., shot down .... 
Gregory Boyington of the United States Marines, he shot down his 26th enemy 
plane .... The stocky former "Flying Tiger" was the leading fighter ace in the 
Pacific, but .... planes, or one more than Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's First 
World War... [DOC] [TLE] Richard I. Bong - Biography of America's Top Ace in WW2, P-38 Pilot [PAR] A modest Wisconsin farm boy, he shot down 40 Japanese planes over the ... 
1945 testing first US jet, the P-80 Shooting Star. ... Top American Ace of World 
War Two ... One P-38 check pilot who said Bong was the finest natural pilot he 
ever met. ... Some pilots hardly saw any enemy fighters in all their time flying 
combat. [DOC] [TLE] Eddie Rickenbacker WWI Fighter Pilot, #Indy500 racer '"Ace of Aces ... [PAR] See more about Eddie Rickenbacker, Medal Of Honor Recipients and Pilots. ...

Question: With 22 enemy planes shot down, Eddie Rickenbacker was the USA's No.1 flying ace during this war
Answer: World War I