ace of aces

ace of aces (plural aces of aces)

1. (military) The greatest active flying ace in a nation's military service.
   • 1918 June 16, The New York Times:

     Brookline Man Supplants Baylies as the American Ace of Aces if His Record Stands.

   • 1940 July 13, Los Angeles Times:

     the U-boat commander who drowned them was Hitler's subsea ace of aces

   • 1944 April 14, The New York Times:

     Bong Downs 27th Japanese Plane And Becomes U. S. 'Ace Of Aces'

   • 1954 September 6, Time:

     Top ace of aces was Captain Joseph C. McConnell Jr. of Apple Valley, Calif., who posted the unequaled high score for Korea

   • 1968 March 4, Los Angeles Times:

     Yet virtually larger than life in the eyes of his contemporaries, the "scourge of the skies," the "ace of aces,"

   • 2001, Roman Johann Jarymowycz, Tank Tactics: From Normandy to Lorraine:

     The ace of aces was dead.

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