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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
271 South Africa Venter, Cristoffel Johannes 16
272 England Wall, Anthony Herbert William 16
273 Germany Weiss, Hans 16
274 Russia Yanchenko, Vasili 16
275 Russia Argeyev (d'Argueff), Pavel Vladimirovich 15
276 Germany Bohnenkamp, Karl 15
277 England Coombes, Lawrence Percival 15
278 England Crowe, Cyril Marconi 15
279 England Cudemore, Charles William 15
280 England Deighton, Ernest Arthur 15
281 France De Turenne, Armand Jean Galliot Joseph 15
282 Germany Dossenbach, Albert 15
283 England Enstone, Albert James 15
284 Germany Francke, Rudolf 15
285 England Gates, George Brian 15
 
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