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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
1711 England Morgan, John Towlson 5
1712 England Mostyn, William John 5
1713 Canada Mott, Harold Edgar 5
1714 Canada Mulock, Redford Henry 5
1715 England Murison, John Thompson Guy 5
1716 England Murmann, Donald Frederick 5
1717 Australia Mustard, Ernest Andrew 5
1718 Austro-Hungarian Empire Nachod, Kurt 5
1719 South Africa Nangle, Hugh 5
1720 England Neville, Roger Henry Gartside 5
1721 England Newsome, Thomas Henry 5
1722 Austro-Hungarian Empire Novak, Augustin 5
1723 England Olieff, Percy Henry 5
1724 England Oliver, Thomas Alfred 5
1725 USA O'Neill, Ralph Ambrose 5
 
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