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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
376 Canada May, Wilfrid Reid 13
377 Germany Mesch, Christian 13
378 France Nogues, Marcel Joseph Maurice 13
379 Scotland Purdom, Thomas Laurence 13
380 USA Putnam, David Endicott 13
381 England Ralph, Francis James 13
382 England Reeves, Harry Gosford 13
383 England Riley, George Raby 13
384 Germany Rosenfeld, Otto 13
385 Germany Schoenfelder (Schönfelder), Kurt 13
386 England Sowrey, Frederick 13
387 Canada Stanger, Stanley 13
388 Australia Stephens, Eric John 13
389 England Symondson, Francis Stanley 13
390 England Umney, John Howard 13
 
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