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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
1636 Wales Hughes, Eric Yorath 5
1637 England Hunter, Thomas Vicars 5
1638 England Hurst, Cyril Edward 5
1639 England Hyde, George 5
1640 France Jannekeyn, Jean François 5
1641 England Jarvis, Arthur Gordon 5
1642 England Jeffs, Charles Hubert 5
1643 England Johnsen, Olaus Charles Wilhelm 5
1644 Wales Jones, Percy Griffith 5
1645 Germany Juhnke, Hermann 5
1646 Germany Junck, Werner 5
1647 Ireland Kelly, Edward Caulfield 5
1648 England Kilroy, Michael Vincent 5
1649 USA Knowles, James 5
1650 Germany Kohlbach, Wilhelm 5
 
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