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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
1816 Germany Struenklenberg (Strünklenberg), Karl 5
1817 Austro-Hungarian Empire Szepessy-Sokoll, Rudolf 5
1818 USA Taylor, Edgar 5
1819 Australia Taylor, Patrick Gordon 5
1820 Austro-Hungarian Empire Teichmann, Karl 5
1821 USA Thaw, William 5
1822 England Thomas, Meredith 5
1823 England Thornton, Anthony Joseph Hill 5
1824 Germany Thurm, Alwin 5
1825 USA Tipton, William Dolley 5
1826 USA Tod, George Donald 5
1827 USA Todd, Robert Miles 5
1828 Germany Traenkner (Tränkner), Oswald 5
1829 England Travers, Herbert Gardner 5
1830 Germany Tschentschel, Gerold 5
 
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