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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
586 England Davies, Douglas Arthur 10
587 England Davies, Edgar George 10
588 Germany Dehmisch (Demisch), Martin 10
589 England Dennett, Pruett Mullens 10
590 Canada Dodds, Robert 10
591 England Ellwood, Aubrey Beauclerk 10
592 England Farrow, William Hastings 10
593 Germany Gallwitz, Karl 10
594 England Gardner, Cecil Vernon 10
595 France Gasser, Lucien Marcel 10
596 Ireland Gerrard, Thomas Francis Netterville 10
597 England Gibbs, Gerald Ernest 10
598 Australia Goble, Stanley James 10
599 Germany Grassmann, Justus 10
600 USA Hamilton, Lloyd Andrews 10
 
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