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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
676 France de la Tour, Mathieu Marie Joseph Antoine 9
677 France Dhome (Dhôme), Marcel Marc 9
678 Germany Dietlen, Albert 9
679 Canada Dixon, George Clapham 9
680 France Douchy, Gustave 9
681 France Dousinelle, René Paul Louis 9
682 England Doyle, John Edgcumbe 9
683 England Draper, Christopher 9
684 Australia Drinkwater, Arthur Thomas 9
685 Germany Fitzner, Otto 9
686 Canada Forman, James Henry 9
687 New Zealand Gordon, Frederick Stanley 9
688 Scotland Gordon, Robert MacIntyre 9
689 Canada Goulding, Acheson Gosford 9
690 England Green, Gilbert Ware Murlis 9
 
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