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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
1531 USA Cook, Everett Richard 5
1532 Australia Cox, George 5
1533 England Cox, George Montague 5
1534 Scotland Craig, Fergus Gray 5
1535 England Crawford, Kelvin 5
1536 Scotland Crole, Gerard Bruce 5
1537 Canada Crompton, John Bonnicher 5
1538 Germany Croneiss, Theodor 5
1539 England Cullen, Robert James 5
1540 Canada Cummings, Lumsden 5
1541 England Cunninghame, Frederick Joseph 5
1542 Germany Cymera, Wilhelm 5
1543 Australia Dalrymple, Sydney 5
1544 England Darwin, Charles John Wharton 5
1545 England Davies, Clive William 5
 
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