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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
1651 Russia Kokorin, Nikolai 5
1652 Germany Kopka, Johann 5
1653 Austro-Hungarian Empire Kowalczik, Julius 5
1654 England Kydd, Frederick Joseph 5
1655 Austro-Hungarian Empire Lahner, Franz 5
1656 Scotland Laing, Kenneth Joseph Price 5
1657 Canada Lally, Conrad Tolendal 5
1658 Austro-Hungarian Empire Lang, Friedrich 5
1659 England Langlands, David 5
1660 England Langstone, Sydney Frank 5
1661 Austro-Hungarian Empire Lasi, Johann 5
1662 England Latta, James Douglas 5
1663 England Laurence, Frederic Hope 5
1664 France Le Cour Grandmaison, Didier Louis Marie Charles 5
1665 Italy Lega, Giulio 5
 
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