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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
511 Australia Forrest, Henry Garnet 11
512 England Fry, William Mayes 11
513 Germany Gabriel, Willi 11
514 England Gibbs, Frederick John 11
515 Canada Green, Charles Duncan Bremner 11
516 Austro-Hungarian Empire Gruber, Kurt 11
517 Scotland Harries, Thomas Montagu 11
518 England Hedley, John Herbert 11
519 France Herbelin, Andre René Celestin 11
520 France Herisson, William Louis Max 11
521 England Hollinghurst, Leslie Norman 11
522 Australia Hooper, Geoffrey Herbert 11
523 Australia Hughes, Geoffrey Forrest 11
524 England Huskinson, Patrick 11
525 Canada Irwin, William Roy 11
 
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