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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.
 
    Name Score
1516 Austro-Hungarian Empire Busa, Julius 5
1517 France Caillaux, Edmond Eugene Henri 5
1518 Ireland Callaghan, Joseph Cruess 5
1519 USA Callahan, Laurence Kingsley 5
1520 Italy Calvello, Umberto 5
1521 England Cameron, Douglas Evan 5
1522 France Cardon, Pierre Marie Joseph 5
1523 France Cayol, Lucien Eugene 5
1524 France Chartoire, Louis-Antoine 5
1525 England Child, Jack Escott 5
1526 Germany Christ, Karl 5
1527 Australia Clark, Alexander Goodlet 5
1528 England Clarke, William Henry 5
1529 Scotland Collins, Lewis Isaac 5
1530 Canada Compton, Harry Neville 5
 
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