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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
316 Canada Clement, Carleton Main 14
317 Australia Coningham, Arthur 14
318 England Cottle, Sidney Joseph 14
319 England Dickson, Euan 14
320 Scotland Findlay, Charles 14
321 Scotland Findlay, Maxwell Hutcheon 14
322 England Gibbons, Frank George 14
323 Canada Godfrey, Albert Earl 14
324 England Gorringe, Frank Clifton 14
325 Germany Joerke (Jörke), Reinhold 14
326 England Keen, Arthur Willan 14
327 USA Libby, Frederick 14
328 England Mark, Ronald Turnbull 14
329 England Mealing, Maurice Edmund 14
330 Scotland Morris, James Fitz 14
 
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