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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
466 England Scott, Maurice Douglas Guest 12
467 Canada Shook, Alexander MacDonald 12
468 Australia Smith, Ross MacPherson 12
469 England Soar, Reginald Rhys 12
470 Canada Stephenson, William Samuel 12
471 Australia Taplin, Leonard Thomas Eaton 12
472 France Tarascon, Paul Albert Pierre 12
473 Germany Theiller, Renatus 12
474 England Thompson, Chester William McKinley 12
475 England Tonks, Adrian James Boswell 12
476 England Trevethan, Richard Michael 12
477 Germany Ultsch, Bernhard 12
478 Canada Waddington, Melville Wells 12
479 France Waddington, Paul Yvan Robert 12
480 England Waight, Dennis Edward 12
 
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