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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
571 Canada Bell, Hilliard Brooke 10
572 Germany Berr, Hans 10
573 Scotland Birkbeck, Robert Alexander 10
574 France Bizot, Maurice 10
575 Germany Brandt, Franz 10
576 Germany Brauneck, Otto 10
577 Canada Breadner, Lloyd Samuel 10
578 Canada Brown, Arthur Roy 10
579 Canada Brown, Frederick Elliott 10
580 England Carlin, Sydney 10
581 Wales Chidlaw-Roberts, Robert Leslie 10
582 England Clark, Cecil Christian 10
583 Australia Cole, Adrian Trevor 10
584 England Collins, Valentine St. Barbe 10
585 England Cunningham, Jack Armand 10
 
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