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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
391 England Uniacke, Desmond Percival Fitzgerald 13
392 USA Vaughn, George Augustus 13
393 England Vickers, Oliver Henry Douglas 13
394 Germany Wedel, Erich Rüdiger von 13
395 England Weston, David John 13
396 England Wood, Walter Bertram 13
397 England Andrews, John Oliver 12
398 France Artigau, Bernard 12
399 England Baker, Brian Edmund 12
400 Australia Baker, Thomas Charles Richmond 12
401 USA Baylies, Frank Leaman 12
402 USA Bennett, Louis 12
403 Canada Birks, Gerald Alfred 12
404 England Boothroyd, Clement Graham 12
405 South Africa Brand, Christopher Joseph Quintin 12
 
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