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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
631 Australia Shepherd, Alfred Seymour 10
632 Germany Steinhaeuser (Steinhäuser), Werner 10
633 Austro-Hungarian Empire Stojsavljevic, Raoul 10
634 USA Swaab, Jacques Michael 10
635 Canada Taylor, Frank Harold 10
636 Belgium Thieffry, Edmond 10
637 Germany Thomas, Erik 10
638 Canada Tudhope, John Henry 10
639 Germany Turck, Paul 10
640 England Wallage, Stanley Harry S. 10
641 England Wells, William Lewis 10
642 Germany Wenzel, Paul 10
643 England Winnicott, Russell 10
644 Germany Wolff, Hans Joachim 10
645 England Agelasto, Cyril John 9
 
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