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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
361 Australia Hamersley, Harold Alan 13
362 Germany Heibert, Robert 13
363 Ireland Heron, Oscar Aloysius Patrick 13
364 England Horn, Spencer Bertram 13
365 Canada Howsam, George Robert 13
366 Canada Hoy, Ernest Charles 13
367 Canada Hudson, Harold Byrn 13
368 England Hunter, John Ellis Langford 13
369 Germany Janzen, Johannes 13
370 England Joseph, Solomon Clifford 13
371 Canada Keirstead, Ronald McNeill 13
372 England Letts, John Herbert Towne 13
373 England Liversedge, Sydney Tyndall 13
374 England Mann, William Edward George 13
375 Canada Manuel, John Gerald 13
 
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