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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
451 England Montgomery, Kenneth Barbour 12
452 Wales Morgan, Josiah Lewis 12
453 Germany Mueller (Müller), Hans 12
454 Scotland Napier, Ian Patrick Robert 12
455 France Navarre, Jean Marie Dominique 12
456 England Noble, Walter 12
457 France Nuville, Charles Marie Joseph Leon 12
458 USA Pearson, James William 12
459 Ireland Price, Guy William 12
460 Scotland Ralston, John Steel 12
461 Canada Rath, Henry Coyle 12
462 Australia Richards, Cecil Roy 12
463 Ireland Saunders, Alfred William 12
464 England Scaramanga, James John 12
465 Germany Schleiff, Franz 12
 
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