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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
406 Canada Bromley, Edwin Claude 12
407 Australia Brownell, Raymond James 12
408 England Bryson, Oliver Campbell 12
409 Germany Buder, Erich 12
410 Germany Cammann, Theodor 12
411 Scotland Carlaw, Walter MacFarlane 12
412 England Chambers, Percival Vernon Godfrey 12
413 England Clear, Edwin Arnold 12
414 New Zealand Collett, Clive Franklyn 12
415 France Daladier, Gustave Victorin 12
416 England Davies, Francis James 12
417 France De Sevin, Joseph Marie Xavier 12
418 Germany Ehmann, Gottfried 12
419 Germany Esswein, Otto 12
420 Germany Festner, Sebastian 12
 
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