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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
1561 South Africa Eddy, Charles Ewart 5
1562 Australia Edwards, Herbert James 5
1563 England Eldon, Horace George 5
1564 England Elliott, Hugh William 5
1565 Canada Elliott, William Boyd 5
1566 Canada Ellis, Sidney Emerson 5
1567 England Evans, Henry Cope 5
1568 Germany Fahlbusch, Wilhelm 5
1569 Russia Federov (Fedoroff), Victor 5
1570 England Foot, Ernest Leslie 5
1571 USA Furlow, George Willard 5
1572 Australia Fysh, Wilmot Hudson 5
1573 Germany Gaim, Ludwig 5
1574 England Gammon, Richard John 5
1575 England Gascoyne, James Victor 5
 
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