First U.S. Naval aviator to achieve the status of Ace (five enemy aircraft downed) Ens. David Ingalls USNR flying a RAF Sopwith Camel downs his fifth German aircraft in November 1918 http://books.google.com/books?id=7O...1vTfCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result
According to ***************** [edit: a well-known site that always gets censored out] he had six victories in all (though all shared); he served as Assistant Secretary to the Navy in FDR's administratiion, served in WW2 as a Rear-Admiral , and died in 1985 aged 86.
According to Over the Front by Norman Franks and Frank Bailey, Ingall's tally was six: an Albatros C shared with Lt C P Brown on 11 Aug 1918 when flying Camel C73; an LVG C shared with Capt C P Brown and Lt H C Smith on 21 Aug when flying Camel N6376; a Rumpler C shared Lt H C Smith with on 15 Sep when flying Camel D9649; a Balloon shared with Lts H C Smith and G S Hodson on 18 Sep when flying Camel D9649; a Fokker D.VII on 20 Sep when flying Camel D8177; and a Rumpler C shared with Lt G S Hodson on 24 Sep when flying Camel D9649. After WWII he served for while as a Vice-President of Pan American World Airways. Gareth
