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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
481 USA Warman, Clive Wilson 12
482 Germany Wenzl, Richard 12
483 Canada White, James Butler 12
484 Italy Ancillotto, Giovanni 11
485 Germany Arntzen, Heinrich 11
486 Canada Banbury, Fred Everest 11
487 Germany Barnekow, Raven Freiherr von 11
488 New Zealand Beamish, Harold Francis 11
489 England Beck, Alexander 11
490 France Berthelot, Armond Jean 11
491 France Bouyer, Jean Georges 11
492 France Bozon-Verduraz, Jean Seraphin Benjamin Emmanuel 11
493 England Burge, Philip Scott 11
494 Germany Busse (Budde), Joachim von 11
495 Canada Chadwick, Arnold Jacques 11
 
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