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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
556 Germany Schaefer (Schäfer), Hugo 11
557 Russia Smirnov (Smirnoff), Ivan Vasilievich 11
558 Germany Stark, Rudolf 11
559 England Stubbs, John Stevenson 11
560 Ireland Waller, Albert Gregory 11
561 England Wood, Arthur William 11
562 England Young, Wilfred Ernest 11
563 England Allen, Lawrence Wilfred 10
564 South Africa Amm, Edgar Oxenham 10
565 Germany Anslinger, Leopold 10
566 England Apps, Gordon Frank Mason 10
567 Ireland Atkinson, Edward Dawson 10
568 Germany Aue, Paul 10
569 Germany Averes, Dietrich 10
570 Wales Beddow, Herbert Howell 10
 
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