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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
541 England Oades, Sydney Arthur 11
542 Canada Oaks, Harold Anthony 11
543 France Ortoli, Jacques Toussaint François 11
544 England Patey, Herbert Andrew 11
545 South Africa Payne, Leonard Allan 11
546 England Payton, Clement Wattson 11
547 Germany Pfeiffer, Hermann 11
548 Germany Poss, Reinhold 11
549 England Randall, George Ebben 11
550 Italy Reali, Antonio 11
551 England Rhodes, Hervey 11
552 England Ridley, Cyril Burfield 11
553 England Rose, Thomas 11
554 Austro-Hungarian Empire Rudorfer, Franz 11
555 England Sanderson, Ivan Couper 11
 
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