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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
616 Germany Nagler, Alfons 10
617 Austro-Hungarian Empire Navratil, Friedrich 10
618 England Olley, Gordon Percy 10
619 England Paynter, John De Camborne 10
620 France Pezon, Jean Andre 10
621 South Africa Pithey, Croye Rothes 10
622 France Quette, Charles Alfred 10
623 Scotland Randall, Arthur Clunie 10
624 England Redler, Harold Bolton 10
625 England Robinson, Harry Noel Cornforth 10
626 India Roy, Indra Lal 10
627 France Ruamps, Laurent Baptisti 10
628 England Rudkin, John 10
629 England Rusby, Reginald Howard 10
630 Germany Schuez (Schüz), Hans 10
 
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