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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
1576 France Gaudermen, Pierre Gustave 5
1577 Canada Gauld, George William Gladstone 5
1578 USA George, Harold Huston 5
1579 France Gilbert, Eugene 5
1580 England Gilbertson, Dennis Henry Stacey 5
1581 Germany Gildemeister, Johannes 5
1582 England Giles, Wilfred Bertie 5
1583 Canada Gillanders, John Gordon 5
1584 Canada Gillespie, William John 5
1585 Russia Gilsher, Juri 5
1586 England Gilson, William Thompson 5
1587 England Gompertz, Harry Christopher Travers 5
1588 England Gonne, Michael Edward 5
1589 England Good, Herbert Barrett 5
1590 England Goodison, Henry Arthur Frank 5
 
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