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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
1681 Scotland MacKay, Harry William MacKintosh 5
1682 England MacLean, Loudoun James 5
1683 Austro-Hungarian Empire Macourek, Bela 5
1684 Canada MacRae, John Finlay Noel 5
1685 USA Magoun, Francis Peabody 5
1686 France Malavialle, Paul Louis 5
1687 Canada Manley, Patrick Sarsfield 5
1688 England Mansbridge, Leslie Morton 5
1689 England Mansell, William Stanley 5
1690 Italy Martinengo, Federico 5
1691 Germany Marwede, Hans Heinrich 5
1692 England Masding, Stanley Henry Percy 5
1693 Italy Masiero, Guido 5
1694 England Mason, Jack 5
1695 Canada Matheson, William Drummond 5
 
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