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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
646 Germany Althaus, Ernst Freiherr von 9
647 England Arnison, Charles Henry 9
648 USA Baer, Paul Frank 9
649 England Balfour, Harold Harington 9
650 Austro-Hungarian Empire Banfield, Gottfried Freiherr von 9
651 England Barnes, William Thomas 9
652 England Beales, Walter 9
653 Canada Beanlands, Bernard Paul Gascoigne 9
654 England Bennett, Rex George 9
655 Germany Benzler, Arno 9
656 Scotland Binnie, James Alexander Weatherhead 9
657 Australia Blaxland, Gregory Hamilton 9
658 France Bonneton, Fernand 9
659 England Breakey, John Denis 9
660 Germany Brendle, Konrad 9
 
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