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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
1591 England Gopsill, Kenneth Lloyd 5
1592 England Gordon-Bennett, Richard 5
1593 Scotland Graham, Ronald 5
1594 Canada Grange, Edward Rochfort 5
1595 USA Grey, Charles Gossage 5
1596 Ireland Gribben, Edward 5
1597 Canada Griffith, Hugh Bradford 5
1598 Scotland Grossart, William 5
1599 France Guerrier, François 5
1600 France Guiguet, Joseph-Henri 5
1601 Germany Gussmann, Siegfried 5
1602 Germany Haber, Kurt 5
1603 USA Haight, Edward Meeker 5
1604 France Halberger, Georges Charles Emmanuel 5
1605 Canada Hales, John Playford 5
 
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