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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
421 Germany Frickart, Wilhelm Maximilian 12
422 England Godfrey, Frank 12
423 France Guyou, Fernand Eugene 12
424 England Hardcastle, Ernest 12
425 Canada Harrison, William Leeming 12
426 Germany Heinrich, Bertram 12
427 Austro-Hungarian Empire Heyrowsky, Adolf 12
428 Germany Hoehndorf (Höhndorf), Walter 12
429 Canada Hubbard, William Henry 12
430 Germany Hubrich, Gerhard 12
431 France Hugues, Marcel Anatole 12
432 Canada Irving, Gordon Budd 12
433 France Jailler, Lucien Joseph 12
434 Canada Jenkins, William Stanley 12
435 England Kemp, George Hubert 12
 
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