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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
1801 England Smith, William Thomas 5
1802 England Smith, George Henry Benjamin 5
1803 England Smith, Harry Coleman 5
1804 Canada Smith, James Robert 5
1805 South Africa Smuts, Neil Ritz 5
1806 England Sneath, Wilfred Harry 5
1807 Germany Sommer, Wilhelm 5
1808 South Africa Stead, Ian Oliver 5
1809 Germany Steinbrecher, Helmut 5
1810 England Stephenson, Thomas Frederick 5
1811 England Stevens, Frank Douglas 5
1812 England Stewart, Oliver 5
1813 England Stokes, Claud Harry 5
1814 Germany Stoer (Stör), Wilhelm 5
1815 USA Strahm, Victor Herbert 5
 
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