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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
1726 Russia Orlov, Ivan 5
1727 Canada Orr, Osborne John 5
1728 Germany Osten, Hans-Georg von der 5
1729 USA Owens, John Sidney 5
1730 Wales Owens, William Arthur 5
1731 France Paillard, Antoine Joseph Henri Louis 5
1732 Austro-Hungarian Empire Patzelt, Karl 5
1733 New Zealand Paul, Carrick Stewart 5
1734 France Pelletier d'Oisy, Georges 5
1735 England Pennell, Edward Robert 5
1736 USA Peterson, David McKelvey 5
1737 France Petit-Delchet, Andre Marie Paul 5
1738 England Peverell, Edmund Heaton 5
1739 England Pickthorn, Charles Edward Murray 5
1740 South Africa Pilditch, Gerald 5
 
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